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 hanging 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 street 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 checklist on Tuesday. He had been on the IL as a result 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 profitable 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 area.
The Nationals broke the sport open within the third inning. Ruiz’s RBI single plated Alex Name to provide Washington a 2-0 lead earlier than Garcia deposited a 1-0 fastball from Tanner Gordon (0-5) over the wall in middle area 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 steer off the sixth inning and scored on Younger’s single to proper area.
Colorado lastly bought to Parker within the seventh inning as Ryan McMahon reached on a bunt single and scored on Rodgers’ double to middle area. Parker, nonetheless, 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.
–Discipline Degree Media
