Toronto Blue Jays at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Toronto Blue Jays

50-59, 24-29 Away

Final
5 - 2

Washington Nationals

55-54, 23-34 Home

Yesavage throws 6 2/3 innings, Okamoto has three hits in Blue Jays' 5-2 win over Nationals

Blue Jays take the series over the Nationals with 5-2 win

The Blue Jays improved to 13-18-4 in series play and completed their six-game road trip at 3-3.

Yesavage (5-5) struck out four and walked three. The 23-year-old rookie worked his third quality start in his past five games and lowered his ERA to 3.73.

The Nats got on the board first thanks to Jacob Young's RBI double in the fourth.

Ernie Clement hit an RBI double in the sixth to drive in George Springer, and Daulton Varsho singled to bring Okamoto across in the seventh.

Okamoto added insurance with a two-run double in the eighth, and Springer tacked on one more with a single.

Washington threatened to take the lead after loading the bases with one out in the eighth, but Louis Varland entered and worked out of the jam with a groundout, strikeout and flyout.

Varland also threw a scoreless ninth for his 23rd save.

For the Nats, James Wood was 2-for-3, and Luis García Jr. drove in a run in the eighth. Starter Luke Littell worked 4 2/3 innings and surrendered four hits while striking out two. Orlando Ribalta (0-2) took the loss in relief.

Up next The Blue Jays take Thursday off before hosting the Cardinals. RHP Kyle Leahy (7-4, 3.55 ERA) starts for St. Louis. Toronto has not announced a starter.

The Nationals hit the road for a four-game series in Atlanta. RHP Grant Holmes (6-4, 3.79 ERA) takes the hill for the Braves. The Nats have not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wood grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Nuñez grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Vivas out at second.
	9th Inning	Vivas singled to left.
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Clement grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Varsho flied out to right.

Statistics

TOR		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	13
5	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
12	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
177	Pitches	132
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
16	Total Bases	8
44	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
6.4	Runs Created	2.5
.308	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.410	Slugging Percentage	.258
.205	Secondary Average	.226
.386	On Base Percentage	.306
.797	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.564
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
6.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
41.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.02	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.57
.103	Isolated Power	.065
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.135
-.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
90.3	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0