Washington Nationals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Washington Nationals

33-32, 21-12 Away

Final
6 - 1

Arizona Diamondbacks

33-31, 20-14 Home

Nationals get homers from Mead and Crews, hold Diamondbacks to 2 hits in 6-1 victory

Nationals take Game 2 vs. the Diamondbacks 6-1

Nasim Nuñez drove in two runs and Crews scored twice for the Nationals (33-32), who improved to 21-12 away from home. Only the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves have more road wins, with 23.

Washington starter Zack Littell (6-4) pitched five effective innings. He didn’t allow a hit until the fifth, when Pavin Smith led off with a single. Smith scored on LuJames Groover's single, the first major league hit and RBI for the Arizona first baseman playing in his second career game.

Littell walked one and struck out four. Brad Lord worked two innings for his first big league save. A trio of Nationals relievers combined for four hitless innings.

Arizona left-hander Eduardo Rodríguez (5-2), looking for his 100th career win, got off to a bad start when James Wood singled leading off the game and Mead followed with his ninth homer, a drive to left-center.

Rodríguez settled in after that, giving up just two hits over the next five innings, until Crews led off the seventh with his second homer of the season. After Jacob Young tripled one out later, Rodríguez was relieved by Juan Morillo, and Nuñez’s squeeze bunt brought home Young to make it 4-1.

Nuñez also singled home a run in the ninth and stole his 23rd base of the season; he entered Saturday tied for the MLB lead with Cleveland's José Ramírez and Kansas City's Bobby Witt Jr.

Rodríguez was charged with four runs over 6 1/3 innings. He gave up six hits, walked one and struck out five in losing for the first time since April 26.

Up next Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (3-3, 3.62 ERA) opposes RHP Michael Soroka (7-3, 3.49) in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arenado grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Moreno grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Carroll struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Mead grounded into fielder's choice to third, Ruiz out at third.
	9th Inning	Wood walked, Ruiz to second.
	9th Inning	Ruiz grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Lile scored, Nuñez out at third.

Statistics

WSH		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	5
6	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	2
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	6
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	2
38	Plate Appearances	31
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
5.6	Runs Created	-1.0
.250	Batting Average	.071
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.531	Slugging Percentage	.071
.469	Secondary Average	.071
.351	On Base Percentage	.161
.883	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.233
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
5.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.0
43.5	Batter Rating	6.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.82	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.281	Isolated Power	.000
0.63	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
.219	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
12.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
89.8	MLB Rating	58.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0