San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals

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San Diego Padres

53-45, 22-27 Away

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Washington Nationals

39-59, 19-29 Home

Lowe homers as Nationals defeat Padres 4-2 to snap 5-game skid

Nathaniel Lowe's big fly leads Nationals to win over Padres

Mitchell Parker earned his first win at home since May 20 for Washington, which had dropped nine of 10.

Martín Maldonado and Luis Arraez each drove in a run for San Diego (53-45).

Lowe ripped a fastball to center field off reliever Yuki Matsui in the sixth inning for his 15th homer — one shy of his total last year with Texas.

Parker (6-10) allowed two runs in six innings while striking out four. The left-hander had lost seven of his last nine starts, with the only victory in that span coming June 23 at San Diego.

Kyle Finnegan worked the ninth for his 19th save.

Washington went up 2-0 on Drew Millas’ two-run single in the second.

The Padres evened it in the third when Maldonado’s double to deep left-center glanced off Jacob Young’s glove to bring in Jose Iglesias. Two batters later, Maldonado scored on Arraez’s single.

CJ Abrams’ run-scoring grounder in the fifth put the Nationals ahead 3-2.

Yu Darvish (0-2) allowed three runs in five innings, the longest of his three outings since missing the first three months of the season with elbow inflammation.

The threat of rain delayed the start of the game by 65 minutes.

Key moment With one out in the eighth, Nationals reliever Jose A. Ferrer fielded Gavin Sheets’ comebacker and threw home to trap Fernando Tatis Jr. in a rundown. Tatis was initially ruled safe back at third, but the call was overturned and Ferrer then got Xander Bogaerts to fly out on the first pitch to end the threat.

Key stat Finnegan ended the Nationals’ streak of 34 games without a save. Finnegan recorded Washington’s previous save June 6 against Texas.

Up next San Diego RHP Nick Pivetta (9-2, 2.88 ERA), who threw seven shutout innings June 25 against Washington, faces LHP MacKenzie Gore (4-8, 3.02) when the three-game series concludes Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cronenworth struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Iglesias struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Merrill grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Ferrer
	8th Inning	Bell grounded into double play, shortstop to first, García Jr. out at second.
	8th Inning	Morgan relieved Peralta

Statistics

SD		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	3
2	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
123	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	11
35	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
1.4	Runs Created	3.2
.188	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.393
.125	Secondary Average	.321
.235	On Base Percentage	.290
.485	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.683
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
1.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
18.0	Batter Rating	30.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.063	Isolated Power	.179
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.097
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.107
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
69.5	MLB Rating	78.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0