Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles

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Washington Nationals

55-66, 27-34 Away

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Baltimore Orioles

71-50, 35-26 Home

Gunnar Henderson's 30th home run lifts the Orioles to a 4-1 win over Washington and a series split

Kremer (5-9) outdueled DJ Herz (2-5) in a sharply pitched game, allowing a run and five hits over six innings. Yennier Cano and Cionel Pérez each worked a perfect inning of relief, and Seranthony Domínguez followed with a hitless ninth for his second save since joining the Orioles before the trade deadline.

It was the first scoreless performance for the Baltimore bullpen in six games. Over the previous five, Orioles relievers had allowed 11 runs in 14 innings.

It was the first hitless game for the bullpen since July 19.

“It felt like a normal baseball game. We haven't played many of them,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “We pitched really well, we were solid defensively. Gunnar huge hit early, and then a nice little rally there late in the game.”

Herz permitted two runs and four hits in six innings.

Henderson gave Baltimore a 2-0 lead with his 30th home run of the year, and that was all the Orioles needed. The only run for the Nationals came in the second on Alex Call's RBI double. Anthony Santander nearly made a running catch in right field but the ball popped in and out of his glove.

Baltimore entered a half-game behind the Yankees atop the AL East, with New York playing at Chicago on Wednesday night.

Baltimore's Coby Mayo lined a single to left in the fifth for his first big league hit after an 0-for-16 start.

“Sigh of relief, for sure,” Mayo said. “I was never too stressed about the hit, but then it gets to you a little bit.”

Mayo drew a walk in the seventh, and fellow rookie infielder Jackson Holliday followed with an RBI single.

A sacrifice fly later that inning by Adley Rutschman made it 4-1.

Holliday made a sliding stop to start a slick double play up the middle with Henderson that ended the game.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Orioles: Hyde said RP Jacob Webb (right elbow) still hasn't played catch yet, but that may happen in the next few days. RP Danny Coulombe (left elbow) is in the “entry stage” of throwing.

Nationals: 3B José Tena (thumb) did not play. ... RHP Jacob Barnes was hit on the leg by Ryan O'Hearn's comebacker in the seventh but remained in the game.

Nationals: Begin a four-game set at Philadelphia on Thursday night. Washington sends Mitchell Parker (6-6) to the mound against Zack Wheeler (11-5).

Orioles: Start a four-game home series against Boston on Thursday night. Zach Eflin (8-7) starts for Baltimore against Nick Pivetta (5-7).

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Matchup Prediction

Orioles: 62.0%

Nationals: 38.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ruiz grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Chaparro out at second.
	9th Inning	L. García Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chaparro walked.
	9th Inning	Domínguez relieved Pérez
	8th Inning	Urías grounded out to third.
	8th Inning	Cowser singled to center, Mountcastle to second.

Statistics

WSH		BAL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
9	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	10
33	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
1.1	Runs Created	3.7
.167	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.233	Slugging Percentage	.345
.167	Secondary Average	.276
.242	On Base Percentage	.343
.476	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.688
1.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
14.0	Batter Rating	26.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.80
.067	Isolated Power	.103
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.034
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
66.3	MLB Rating	78.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0