Washington Nationals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Washington Nationals

33-33, 21-13 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

34-31, 21-14 Home

Gabriel Moreno hits 2-run homer, Diamondbacks avoid sweep with 5-1 win over Nationals

Washington Nationals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: Game Highlights

The Diamondbacks' bats came to life after losing the series’ first two games by a combined score of 20-2.

Corbin Carroll hit a solo homer in the first inning off Cade Cavalli (3-4) and Moreno added his two-run shot off the right-hander in the fifth.

Pavin Smith hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to put Arizona up 5-1.

Soroka (8-3) gave up a leadoff homer to CJ Abrams in the second inning and two other hits. He struck out six and walked two.

It was Soroka's first start of at least seven innings and one or fewer runs allowed since Aug. 10, 2019.

Washington finished with three hits after bashing the Diamondbacks for 24 the previous two games combined.

The Diamondbacks were held to two hits in Saturday's 6-1 loss, but had more than that by the second inning against Cavalli.

Carroll hit an 0-2 breaking ball onto the pool deck in right-center in the first inning, and Ryan Waldschmidt put Arizona up 2-1 with an RBI groundout in the fourth.

Moreno made it 4-0 in the fifth with his fourth homer, a two-run shot off the back of Arizona's bullpen in left.

Cavalli allowed four runs on seven hits in five innings with two strikeouts and a walk.

Up next Nationals RHP Miles Mikolas (1-5, 6.39 ERA) pitches the opener of a three-game series at San Francisco on Monday.

The Diamondbacks have a day off before RHP Zac Gallen (3-5, 5.32) pitches against Miami on Tuesday to open a three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crews struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Abrams lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Mead flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Clarke relieved Ginkel
	8th Inning	Barrosa struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Vargas grounded out to first.

Statistics

WSH		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	4
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	16
32	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
0.6	Runs Created	5.7
.100	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.267	Slugging Percentage	.516
.267	Secondary Average	.355
.156	On Base Percentage	.361
.423	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.877
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
15.0	Batter Rating	37.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.167	Isolated Power	.226
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
.167	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
64.3	MLB Rating	88.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0