Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds

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Washington Nationals

15-19, 6-12 Away

Final
11 - 6

Cincinnati Reds

18-16, 9-9 Home

Rosario powers the Nationals to an 11-6 win over the Reds

Rosario, who hit a two-out RBI double in the fourth inning off Reds starter Nick Lodolo (3-3) to tie it at 3, connected on a three-run shot for his second homer this season to put the Nationals up 6-3 in the sixth.

James Wood followed with his fourth hit, stole second and scored on Nathaniel Lowe's single, which ended Lodolo's outing. Jacob Young added a sacrifice fly to make it 8-3, and Riley Adams had a two-run single in the eighth off Brent Suter.

Alex Call's RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Luis García Jr. put the Nationals up 2-0 in the first.

Spencer Steer's two-run double off Trevor Williams tied it after one.

Tyler Callihan — who went 0 for 3 in his debut on Wednesday — had an RBI single in the second to put Cincinnati up 3-2.

Williams (2-3) allowed nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, leaving with a 7-4 lead after Jake Fraley hit a solo homer. Andrew Chafin came in to get the final two outs of the sixth before Jose A. Ferrer, Jackson Rutledge and Eduardo Salazar closed it out.

Lodolo gave up seven runs — six earned — and 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings.

The start was delayed by rain for 20 minutes.

Key moment Williams gave up the go-ahead run in the second but escaped further damage when he came back from a 3-0 count to strike out Elly De La Cruz with two runners aboard.

Key stat Nationals pitchers have walked 124 batters — third-most in the NL. Reds pitchers have allowed a league-high 44 home runs.

Up next LHP MacKenzie Gore (2-3, 3.51 ERA) starts Sunday's series finale for the Nationals. The Reds counter with RHP Nick Martinez (1-3, 4.68).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Steer lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Lux flied out to left.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz doubled to center, McLain scored.
	9th Inning	McLain walked.
	9th Inning	Friedl flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Salazar relieved Rutledge

Statistics

WSH		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	10
11	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	12
4	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
11	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	37
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
27	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	2
185	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	19
51	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
10.6	Runs Created	6.8
.366	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.488	Slugging Percentage	.514
.341	Secondary Average	.270
.460	On Base Percentage	.390
.948	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.904
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
10.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.8
70.0	Batter Rating	44.5
41.0	At Bats Per Home Run	37.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.33
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.54
.122	Isolated Power	.189
0.63	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
-.024	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.054
22.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
111.0	MLB Rating	93.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0