Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals

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Cincinnati Reds

52-50, 24-28 Away

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Washington Nationals

41-60, 21-30 Home

Nationals' explosive 5th inning secures series win over Reds

Jacob Young hustles for impressive sliding grab

Riley Adams' bases-loaded single produced the final three runs off Reds rookie right-hander Chase Burns (0-2) an inning later, the last scoring via throwing error, as the Nationals secured their first series victory since July 2/3 against Detroit.

Konnor Pilkington (1-0) worked two scoreless innings for his second career victory, and first with Washington, after rookie Brad Lord allowed a run through four innings in his first start since May 6.

Gavin Lux had four singles and drove in a fourth-inning run for the Reds (52-50), who have lost three straight after climbing a season-high five games above .500 on July 19.

Burns struck out 10 but allowed seven hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. Five of his six runs were earned.

Key moment Brady House singled to lead off the Nationals' fifth, reached third on two productive outs over three pitches, then scored easily on Young's first-pitch double to the gap in left-center to give Washington the lead. Abrams followed with a long at-bat by comparison, driving Burns' fourth pitch to the right field wall.

Key stat Lord had worked 26 relief outings between starts. He allowed a run or fewer over three or more innings for the first time since his first career start of three scoreless frames on April 8.

Up nex t Nationals right-hander Michael Soroka (3-7, 5.10 ERA) and Reds lefty Nick Lodolo (7-6, 3.33) come into Wednesday afternoon's series finale off strong outings last Friday. Soroka threw five innings of one-run ball in Washington's 7-2 home loss to San Diego, while Lodolo allowed two runs over seven innings in an 8-4 win at the New York Mets.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stephenson flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Steer flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Lux singled to center.
	9th Inning	Hays grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Lara relieved Chafin
	8th Inning	Lile grounded out to first.

Statistics

CIN		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	9
5	Strikeouts	11
1	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
17	Fly Balls	11
1	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	13
34	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
2.2	Runs Created	4.2
.303	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.419
.000	Secondary Average	.290
.303	On Base Percentage	.294
.636	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.713
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
16.0	Batter Rating	39.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.030	Isolated Power	.194
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
-.303	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
2.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.0	MLB Rating	82.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0