Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

47-70, 25-34 Away

Final
8 - 0

San Francisco Giants

59-59, 29-28 Home

Nationals beat Giants 8-0 and spoil Justin Verlander's 3,500th career strikeout

Justin Verlander notches his 3,500th strikeout

Josh Bell and Paul DeJong had three hits apiece to highlight a 17-hit day for Washington. James Wood had a pair of two-run doubles as the Nationals won a series at Oracle Park for the fourth straight season.

Verlander (1-9), the three-time Cy Young Award winner who has struggled in his first season with the Giants, struck out the side in the first inning and became the 10th pitcher in MLB history with 3,500 strikeouts.

The milestone mark was the lone bright spot for the 42-year-old Verlander, who was unbeaten in five career starts against the Nationals before Sunday. He allowed 11 hits and five runs with six strikeouts and a walk.

MacKenzie Gore (5-12) had 10 strikeouts and pitched six scoreless innings for his first win since July 9. Cole Henry, PJ Poulin and Clayton Beeter each retired three batters to complete the three-hit shutout.

Abrams started Washington’s offensive onslaught in the second inning with a two-out home run off Verlander that hit the foul pole in right. That came three pitches after Wood doubled in a pair of runs.

Wood also connected for a two-run double off Spencer Bivens in the seventh.

Key moment The Nationals seized the momentum with three consecutive hits with two outs that led to four runs in the second inning.

Key stat Three of the hits allowed by Verlander had an exit velocity of 103.9 mph or faster.

Up next Giants ace RHP Logan Webb (10-8, 3.24 ERA) faces the Padres in San Diego on Monday.

Nationals RHP Cade Cavalli (0-0, 0.00) pitches against Royals LHP Bailey Falter (7-6, 4.14) on Monday in his second start since 2022.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Flores fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Adames struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Devers grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Beeter relieved Poulin
	9th Inning	Young lined out to center.
	9th Inning	House singled to left.

Statistics

WSH		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	15
8	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
17	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
44	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
25	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
24	Total Bases	3
45	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	0
8.8	Runs Created	-1.0
.386	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.545	Slugging Percentage	.100
.205	Secondary Average	.033
.400	On Base Percentage	.129
.945	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.229
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
8.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.0
61.0	Batter Rating	3.0
44.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.53	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.23
.159	Isolated Power	.000
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.07
.022	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
-.182	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
16.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
107.8	MLB Rating	54.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0