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06/01 00:15 CDT Nationals use a 10-run first inning to beat the reeling
Diamondbacks, 11-7
Nationals use a 10-run first inning to beat the reeling Diamondbacks, 11-7
By DAVID BRANDT
AP Baseball Writer
PHOENIX (AP) --- Luis Garca Jr. had a double and three RBIs during a 10-run
first inning for the Washington Nationals, who held on late to beat the reeling
Arizona Diamondbacks 11-7 on Saturday night.
Washington has won 11 of 15 games and scored at least nine runs in four
straight games. Arizona has dropped nine of 10.
The Nationals' first 11 batters reached base and they scored nine runs before
the D-backs recorded an out, which was the second-most in the big leagues since
1961. The Boston Red Sox scored 10 runs before the Florida Marlins got an out
in a game on June 27, 2003, according to Elias Sports.
Arizona's Brandon Pfaadt (7-4) lasted just eight batters, giving up eight
earned runs on six hits. He also hit two batters. The Nationals sent 16 batters
to the plate in the first and it took 30 minutes for the D-backs to get three
outs.
Arizona rallied with two runs in the fourth and five more in the sixth. Randal
Grichuk's two-run homer cut it to 11-7. He finished with three hits.
Washington starter Michael Soroka (2-3) retired the first 11 batters he faced
before Geraldo Perdomo hitting a looping single into right field in the fourth.
Josh Naylor followed with a two-run homer.
Soroka gave up four runs on six hits and a walk through 5 1/3 innings. He
struck out three.
Washington's C.J. Abrams was hit by a pitch three times. James Wood, Robert
Hassell III, Keibert Ruiz and Daylen Lile all had two hits.
Key moment Pfaadt recorded two strikes on Abrams --- the game's leadoff hitter --- before hitting him on the foot with a pitch, starting the 10-run avalanche. Key stat Pfaadt's ERA ballooned from 3.90 to 5.05. D-backs pitchers hit five batters. Up next The D-backs send RHP Corbin Burnes (3-2, 2.72 ERA) to the mound Sunday while the Nationals counter with LHP Mitchell Parker (4-4, 4.65). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB |
