Aug 21, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals beginning pitcher Mitchell Parker (70) pitches in opposition to the Colorado Rockies through the first inning at Nationals Park. Obligatory Credit score: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports activities Luis Garcia Jr. belted a three-run homer and Mitchell Parker allowed one run over seven innings, lifting the host Washington Nationals to a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.
Parker (7-7) permitted 5 hits and one stroll whereas putting out six earlier than exiting after 83 pitches to atone for a disastrous outing final Thursday. In that contest, Parker yielded 9 runs on 10 hits — together with two homers — in a 13-3 highway loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Joey Gallo ripped an RBI double within the second inning in his return to Washington’s beginning lineup after being activated from the injured record on Tuesday. He had been on the IL as a consequence of a strained left hamstring.
Keibert Ruiz and Jacob Younger every had a run-scoring single and James Wooden added three hits to tempo the Nationals’ 12-hit assault.
Brendan Rodgers had an RBI double within the seventh inning for the Rockies, who noticed their modest two-game successful streak come to a halt.
Washington opened the scoring within the second inning after Jose Tena reached on an infield single, superior to 3rd on Andres Chaparro’s single and scored on Gallo’s double to middle discipline.
The Nationals broke the sport open within the third inning. Ruiz’s RBI single plated Alex Name to present Washington a 2-0 lead earlier than Garcia deposited a 1-0 fastball from Tanner Gordon (0-5) over the wall in middle discipline for a three-run blast. The homer was Garcia’s fifteenth of the season and first since Aug. 8.
Washington claimed a 6-0 lead after Chaparro doubled to guide off the sixth inning and scored on Younger’s single to proper discipline.
Colorado lastly acquired to Parker within the seventh inning as Ryan McMahon reached on a bunt single and scored on Rodgers’ double to middle discipline. Parker, nevertheless, settled down and retired the following three batters to finish the inning.
Gordon took the loss after yielding 5 runs on eight hits in 4 innings. He walked one and struck out two.
–Area Stage Media
