Chicago White Sox at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Chicago White Sox

59-102, 26-54 Away

Final
5 - 6

Washington Nationals

66-95, 32-48 Home

James Wood hits a tiebreaking homer as the Nationals edge the White Sox 6-5

Jacob Young and Daylen Lile also went deep for the Nationals, who had dropped eight of 11. Josh Bell had two hits and scored a run.

Colson Montgomery and Brooks Baldwin homered for the White Sox in a matchup of last-place teams. Derek Hill had two hits.

Nasim Nuñez sparked Washington's seventh-inning rally with a one-out single. Young followed with a 380-foot drive to left, tying it at 4.

Brandon Eisert (3-8) then replaced Steven Wilson on the mound, and Wood hit a 419-foot drive to center for his 31st homer.

Wood added an RBI single in the eighth. He finished with three hits.

Julian Fernandez (1-0) pitched one inning for his first major league win, and Jose A. Ferrer worked a shaky ninth for his 11th save.

Hill drove in Korey Lee with a two-out RBI single, but Lenyn Sosa was stranded on third when Chase Meidroth struck out swinging for the final out.

Montgomery hit a two-run shot in the fourth. It was the 21st homer in 70 games for the rookie shortstop.

After a walk and a flyout, Baldwin launched a drive to right that hit the foul pole for a two-run homer and a 4-0 lead.

In the bottom half, Bell doubled and Lile connected for his ninth homer.

Wood struck out twice, bringing his league-leading total to 218. Mark Reynolds holds the MLB single-season record for strikeouts with 223 in 2009.

The start of the game was delayed 40 minutes by rain.

Key moment Meidroth was initially called safe at second with a double on a close play leading off the eighth. The Nationals challenged and the review determined Meidroth came off the bag and was ruled out.

Key stat Montgomery had three hits, extending his hitting streak to a career-high nine games.

Up next Shane Smith (6-8, 3.98 ERA) starts for the White Sox on Sunday, and fellow right-hander Brad Lord (5-9, 4.12 ERA) goes for the Nationals.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Meidroth struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Hill reached on infield single to second, Lee scored, Sosa to third.
	9th Inning	Sosa to second on wild pitch by Ferrer, Lee to third on wild pitch by Ferrer.
	9th Inning	M. Taylor struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	M. Taylor hit for Fletcher
	9th Inning	Sosa singled to right, Lee to second.

Statistics

CHW		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
12	Strikeouts	12
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	165
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	1
18	Total Bases	19
37	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
5.5	Runs Created	6.5
.306	Batting Average	.265
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.559
.250	Secondary Average	.471
.324	On Base Percentage	.342
.824	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.901
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.8
40.0	Batter Rating	46.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.22	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.34
.194	Isolated Power	.294
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
-.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.206
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
89.3	MLB Rating	91.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0