Pittsburgh Pirates at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

65-84, 23-51 Away

Final
5 - 1

Washington Nationals

61-87, 30-43 Home

Chandler tosses five perfect innings, Pirates rally in eighth for 5-1 win against the Nationals

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Jared Triolo capped the scoring with a solo homer in the ninth.

The Pirates loaded the bases on two walks and an infield single in the eighth. After Nick Gonzalez popped out, McCutchen lined a single to right center to make it 2-1. Oneil Cruz walked to reload the bases and Yorke’s grounded deflected off the glove of diving second basemen Luis Garcia, Jr. and into right field as two runs scored.

Chandler, who turns 23 on Sunday, was making his second major league start after two relief appearances. He was perfect until Dylan Crews singled leading off the sixth and ended up allowing a run and two hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking none while throwing 81 pitches.

In his first start, Sept. 7 against Milwaukee, Chandler gave up nine runs and nine hits in 2 2/3 innings.

Carmen Mlodzinki (4-8) pitched two innings for the win.

After Crews singled in the sixth, he moved to second on a fly out and scored when Robert Hassell III singled to left to put the Nationals up 1-0.

Cole Henry (1-2) walked two batters in the eighth while getting one out and took the loss.

Nationals starter Andrew Alvarado allowed three hits and walk while striking out five, pitching around one or more baserunners in four of his six innings.

Key moment The Nationals were on the verge of escaping the eighth inning with the lead but McCutchen went the opposite way with a first-pitch change-up from PJ Poulin to put the Pirates ahead.

Key stat The Pirates have won 9 of their last 11 games against the NL East.

Up next Pirates RHP Mike Burrows (2-4, 3.99 ERA) starts against Nationals RHP Cade Cavalli (3-1, 4.67) on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lile popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Chaparro fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Wood walked.
	9th Inning	Abrams grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Mlodzinski
	9th Inning	McCutchen flied out to left.

Statistics

PIT		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	123
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	3
41	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
3.3	Runs Created	-0.8
.200	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.286	Slugging Percentage	.100
.257	Secondary Average	.067
.317	On Base Percentage	.129
.603	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.229
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.9
3.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.8
30.0	Batter Rating	8.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.086	Isolated Power	.000
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.8	MLB Rating	58.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0