Toronto Blue Jays at Washington Nationals

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Toronto Blue Jays

49-59, 23-29 Away

Final
6 - 8

Washington Nationals

55-53, 23-33 Home

Nationals draw 6 walks against Shane Bieber in 4-run first inning, beat Blue Jays 8-6

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Luis García Jr. and Dylan Crews hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth for Washington, which is a game behind Arizona in the race for the National League's third wild-card spot.

Kazuma Okamoto hit his 24th homer to tie a franchise rookie record for the Blue Jays, who have lost 10 of 14 and slipped 10 games under .500, matching a season high.

Bieber (2-2) became the 11th pitcher in major league history to walk at least six batters while recording two or fewer outs, and the first since Florida’s Ryan Dempster on Oct. 5, 2001, at Atlanta. He threw 42 pitches, just 15 for strikes.

After allowing two walks and an infield single to load the bases, Bieber issued back-to-back run-scoring walks to Keibert Ruiz and Daylen Lile. After Nasim Nuñez’s sacrifice fly, Jorbit Vivas drew the inning’s fifth pass. Jacob Young then walked to make it 4-0 and end Bieber’s night.

The Nationals’ six walks were their most in an inning since moving to Washington before the 2005 season.

The start of the game was delayed 67 minutes by rain.

Washington starter Cade Cavalli (8-4) allowed three runs (two earned) and struck out three in six innings. He is 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his last four starts. Clayton Beeter pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 11th save.

Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left in the fourth inning due to right hamstring tightness. Okamoto replaced him and went deep in the fifth to tie Eric Hinske’s 2002 club rookie mark.

George Springer hit a three-run blast in the eighth off Gus Varland to pull the Blue Jays within 8-6.

Up next Toronto RHP Trey Yesavage (4-5, 3.92 ERA) starts Wednesday's series finale against Washington RHP Zack Littell (7-8, 5.17).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Straw lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Urías struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Beeter relieved Ribalta
	8th Inning	Ruiz struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Abrams flied out to right.

Statistics

TOR		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
35	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
153	Pitches	173
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	14
37	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.8	Runs Created	6.1
.229	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.452
.257	Secondary Average	.419
.270	On Base Percentage	.390
.699	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.842
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.3
38.0	Batter Rating	46.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.22
.200	Isolated Power	.194
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.14
.054	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.195
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.161
11.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
85.3	MLB Rating	91.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0