Luis Garcia hit a 96 mph, one-two-two fastball. milwaukee brewersStarter Brandon Woodruff hit a 393-foot solo home run to left-center field (8th time this season) In the top of the second inning, the home team hit a leadoff single with a small ball (Written by Mark Kanha), stolen base, sac bunt (Written by William Contreras), sac fly (Written by Carlos Santana) will settle the series 1-1 in Washington’s final game of the series this weekend at American Family Field. The score was tied until overtime, but the Nationals tied the game in the 11th inning with Lane Thomas’ fly to right field by CJ Abrams, and Joey Meneses scored on a sac fly to center field, giving the visiting team two points. gave. -1 lead.
In the bottom of the 11th inning, the Brewers bunted a free runner and with an intentional walk leaving the runner in the corner, Rowdy Telles hit a 1-1 slider to first base (Exit speed at 162.8 mph), when Michael Chavis dove for the ball, tagged out first and then threw home to put No. 3 out, the runner on third base realized he wouldn’t make it in time and retreated, but was tagged out by catcher Drew Millas. There was only a short chase.
Nats captain Davey Martinez called Chavis’ quick thinking and execution on plays “great, great.” Quoted by Mark Zuckerman of MASN After the match. “That’s a good baseball player thinking about the situation. The fact that he stepped on first. [base] It was great to know right away to check the runner first and watch him go and then throw the ball home. well done. ”
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With the win, the Nationals avoided a home sweep of the Brewers and ended their losing streak at five in the process.
“It’s a really great win,” Martinez added. “The guys fought. They fought yesterday and there were a lot of games like that.
“I’m very happy to finish a series like this against a really good team.”
Garcia’s second home run in two days and Meneses’ sac fly (This added to his team-high total of 81 RBIs.) Provided the only points the Nationals needed for the win, with the DH hitting an 0-2 slider to center field in the zone, deep enough to set Abrams up for the final winning run.
“Joey did a great job of staying in the middle of the field and getting the ball up in the air,” Martinez said. “There was also a suitable person running at third base.”
Patrick Corbin also got off to a solid start for the Nationals, with the veteran left-hander allowing four hits, two walks, and one earned run for the first time in six games, throwing a total of 88 pitches, 47 strikes, and four whiffs, making it his sixth consecutive game of good pitching. did. He had 13 called strikes in this inning, marking his second consecutive victory.
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“His pitching has gotten a lot better,” Martinez said. “He knew what he had to do today and pitched us six strong innings, which was amazing. Looking forward, I think he finished strong and had a good offseason. ” and hope to be ready to go again next year.”
“I feel good,” Mr Corbyn told reporters. Quoted by Mark Zuckerman of MASNafter the game.
“The last two games, our team won those games,” he said. “I’m just trying to keep it going. I think there’s probably a few more left. I just always aim to finish strong and hopefully we can do that as a team. ”
Ending the losing streak at five was a good way to cap off a 1-5 road trip heading into the finale in Milwaukee, but they dropped two of three games in the series and Washington lost 15 games in September. We lost 11 games in middle school. Up to this point after 17-11 months of August.
Now, they return home for their final homestand of the season, playing three games against Chicago, four games against Atlanta, two games in Baltimore and three games at home to the Braves to close out the 2023 season.
