Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers

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Washington Nationals

74-84, 37-43 Away

Final
3 - 1

Detroit Tigers

74-84, 40-37 Home

CJ Abrams homers twice, drives in three runs as Nationals beat Tigers 3-1

CJ Abrams clobbers 2 HRs to lead Nationals to victory

The Nationals won for the seventh time in 10 games, while Detroit dropped to 2-5 in its last seven. The Tigers have scored exactly one run in all five losses, while scoring nine and 11 runs in the two wins.

Both teams are 74-84 with four games left in the season.

Jackson Kent (2-4) picked up the win in relief of Nationals opener Riley Cornelio. Kent pitched four innings, allowing one unearned run on six hits and two walks. Erik Tolman pitched the ninth for his fourth save.

Tigers starter Drew Anderson (5-7) took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits. He struck out five without walking a batter.

Washington took a 1-0 lead in the second on a long homer to right-center field by Abrams. That gave him 100 RBI to go along with his 30 homer/30 stolen base season.

The Tigers tied the game in the sixth when Ben Malgeri scored on Kent's second wild pitch of the inning. Washington also missed two opportunities to turn double plays in the inning.

Abrams then hit a two-run homer in the seventh, his 33rd of the season, to end Anderson's night.

Up next The teams finish their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon with Tigers LHP Framber Valdez (10-11, 4.06) facing a yet-to-be-announced Nationals starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McGonigle struck out looking. Detroit Tigers challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	McKinstry ran for Lee
	9th Inning	Lee walked.
	9th Inning	Torres struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Peck struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Tolman relieved Sinclair

Statistics

WSH		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	11
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
3	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
108	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
13	Total Bases	9
33	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.9	Runs Created	3.3
.212	Batting Average	.219
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.394	Slugging Percentage	.281
.273	Secondary Average	.250
.212	On Base Percentage	.359
.606	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.640
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
28.0	Batter Rating	13.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.27	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.182	Isolated Power	.063
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.55
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.154
.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
6.0	Runs Produced	1.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
77.3	MLB Rating	68.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0