Lane Thomas and Keibert Ruiz produced RBI singles in the top of the 10th inning as washington nationals Won 4-1 to avoid series sweep houston astros Thursday
this national 8 hitters on base, 6 opponents in their 10th game of a triple astronaut Relief Phil Marton (0-2), who gave hits to Thomas and Ruiz, also hit a Jamer Candelario pitch to drive Corey Dixon, who went on to lead 3-1
Ruiz drives 2-2 slider astronaut Ryan Pressly, who was closer to the right-field spot, hit his eighth homer in the ninth, breaking a scoreless tie in the process.Pressly gave up three runs for nothing in the ninth inning on Wednesday astronaut Come back with a 5-4 score
But as they did the night before, astronaut Pressly gets off the hook after ninth inning count national Pitcher Hunter Harvey, who gave Kyle Tucker a starting double and hit out second baseman Yainer Diaz, tied Tucker and forced them into extra innings
national southpaw mackenzie gore and astronaut Right-hander Christian Javier was involved in an intriguing face-off that was evenly matched, facing 18 batters in five innings
gore retired astronaut The sequence is done only twice, in the first and fifth innings.But his ability to log strikeouts in time helped mitigate losses in the second, third and fourth innings
Gore knocked off Corey Jukes to close out the second inning, and two hitters erased Tucker after he induced a double grounder from Jose Abreu, who reached with a starting single. target.
After Tucker hit another starter single, Gore fanned Abreu in the fourth. Gore further aided his cause with a strikeout to first base in the second inning.
national Pitcher Mason Thompson recorded his third strike against Abreu to stifle the sixth-inning threat and keep a scoreless out for Gore, who had four hits, three walks and four strikeouts
Javier allowed five hits — all singles — and walked no hitters in six scoreless innings. He retired teams in the first, third and fifth innings in that order, followed by three hits in the second, then avoided hits by Dixon and Candelario in the fourth and sixth.
Ruiz was the only runner to reach scoring position against Javier. In the second inning, he singled and advanced to the second inning on a Dominic Smith single to the right.
–Field-level media