Keibert Ruiz homered for the third time in four games, Alex Call and James Wood also went deep and the Washington Nationals snapped a four-game skid and avoided a series sweep with a 6-4 win over the NL-leading Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
’s sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth snapped a 4-all tie as the Nationals ended the Phillies’ four-game winning streak. It also ended an eight-game losing streak in Philadelphia for Washington dating to August 2023.
“We put together some good at-bats late,” Nationals manager Davey Martinez said."Jacob battled to get that sacrifice fly and Wood crushed the ball. Everybody talks about him needing to pull the ball, well, he pulled that one.” The Nationals were able to get the two late runs off of Philadelphia’s two All-Star relievers. Washington loaded the bases against when Young was able to get good contact on a high fastball out of the zone and drive it deep enough to score Andres Chaparro.“It felt good,” Wood said. “It was a close game in the ninth inning. I was just happy to put an extra run on the board to help our pitching staff. We showed some toughness. We’re trying to play for each other and scratch out a couple wins here.
“I’m still not throwing enough strikes,” said Walker, who was making his second start after missing six weeks with an inflamed index finger on his throwing hand. “It’s too many pitches, especially for five innings. I like to go deep in games — six or seven innings. I’m just throwing away pitches right now.”C.J. Abrams stole three bases for Washington.
“This was a tough one today, but we got that feeling again,” Marsh said. “We just got to keep rolling.”Turner, who was benched for a game against Miami earlier this week after a 16-game stretch in which he went 10 for 70, finished the four-game series against the Nationals with 10 hits.“Any time you finish off a road trip with a win it’s good for the team,” Irvin said. “Our offense did some cool things. Props to those guys. They’ve been working hard and the bullpen held it down.
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