Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals

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Cincinnati Reds

56-61, 27-30 Away

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Washington Nationals

59-61, 26-34 Home

Ortiz hits 2nd career homer, Dion leads strong bullpen outing as Nationals beat Reds 7-1

Cincinnati Reds vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Dion (1-0), who was acquired at the trade deadline from the Guardians, earned his first win of the year after retiring the first nine batters he faced. He allowed one hit in three innings. Trevor Williams tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings and maintained his 0.00 ERA since returning from elbow surgery on July 29.

Brad Lord surrendered the only run during his start, and Jake Bird worked a hitless ninth.

Jacob Young and Andrés Chaparro each drove in two runs for the Nationals, who have won four of their last five games.

The 24-year-old Ortiz opened the third inning with an opposite-field fly ball off Reds pitcher Brady Singer (5-11) that put the Nationals up 3-1. Chaparro capped the scoring with a two-run double.

Keibert Ruiz's single in the second inning tied the game at 1, before Young gave Washington the lead for good with a sacrifice fly. Daylen Lile added a single to right field that plated CJ Abrams in the seventh.

Singer gave up three runs on eight hits in six innings.

Dane Myers hit a sacrifice fly in the second inning that gave Cincinnati a 1-0 lead, but that was it and the Reds were outscored 20-6 in the series.

Up next Reds: LHP Nick Lodolo (3-2, 4.60 ERA) starts game one against the White Sox on Tuesday.

Nationals: Yet to announce a starter for a series opener with the Cubs on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stephenson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bleday popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Stewart struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Bird relieved Pinckney
	9th Inning	House at third base.
	8th Inning	House struck out swinging.

Statistics

CIN		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	2
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	17
31	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.2	Runs Created	7.0
.138	Batting Average	.361
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.172	Slugging Percentage	.472
.034	Secondary Average	.222
.161	On Base Percentage	.385
.334	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.857
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
-0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.9
10.0	Batter Rating	48.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.52	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.034	Isolated Power	.111
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.051
-.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.139
2.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
62.0	MLB Rating	96.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0