Athletics at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Athletics

51-66, 28-32 Away

Final
6 - 0

Washington Nationals

45-69, 22-36 Home

Jacob Lopez strikes out career-high 10 in 7 2/3 innings as A's beat the Nationals 6-0

Tyler Soderstrom also homered for the Athletics, who took two of three from Washington and have won nine of their last 13.

The Nationals have lost seven of eight and at 45-69 are tied for a season-high 24 games under .500. Washington was outscored 61-23 during its six-game homestand against Milwaukee and the A’s.

Lopez (5-6) didn’t allow a runner past second in the longest outing of his career. He allowed three hits and no walks, and retired his last 11 batters.

Thomas, who debuted June 30 and was playing his 17th career game, ripped Mitchell Parker’s elevated fastball to center for a two-run homer in the second inning. Shea Langeliers hit a sacrifice fly three batters later to make it 3-0.

Darell Hernaiz hit a triple into the corner in left to lead off the fourth, then scored on Thomas’ sacrifice fly.

Soderstrom opened the eighth with a shot into the Nationals’ bullpen in right off PJ Poulin.

Parker (7-12) allowed four runs and struck out four in five innings.

Key moment Washington's Nathaniel Lowe was called out on strikes in the eighth to cap a 17-pitch plate appearance. Lopez then struck out Daylen Lile and was relieved after a 114-pitch outing.

Key stat Lopez has not allowed a run in 17 innings over his last three outings, reducing his ERA from 4.60 to 3.59 in that span.

Up next Oakland RHP J.T. Ginn (2-3, 4.28 ERA) faces the Orioles for the first time Friday in the opener of a three-game series in Baltimore. Washington RHP Jake Irvin (8-6, 4.89) starts as the Nationals begin a three-game series at San Francisco.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wood struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Abrams flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Hassell III flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Cortes in right field.
	9th Inning	MacIver struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rooker struck out swinging.

Statistics

ATH		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	12
6	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	5
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	9
1	Caught Stealing	0
151	Pitches	125
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	0
23	Total Bases	4
40	Plate Appearances	29
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	1
8.0	Runs Created	-0.9
.343	Batting Average	.103
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.657	Slugging Percentage	.138
.400	Secondary Average	.034
.375	On Base Percentage	.103
1.032	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.241
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
8.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.9
51.5	Batter Rating	5.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.78	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.31
.314	Isolated Power	.034
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.057	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.069
12.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
99.3	MLB Rating	56.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0