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09/23 15:24 CDT Yohandry Morales homers, Nationals bullpen hangs on for a 4-2
win over the Tigers
Yohandry Morales homers, Nationals bullpen hangs on for a 4-2 win over the
Tigers
By DAVE HOGG
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) --- Yohandy Morales homered for the second time in three games and
the Washington Nationals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Wednesday.
Washington has won eight of its last 11 games. Detroit has lost six of eight.
Will Dion (2-2) picked up the win despite giving up three hits and one run in
two innings of relief. Yovanny Cruz got the final four outs for his first save.
Framber Valdez (10-12) took the loss, allowing two runs in 5 1/3 innings.
The Nationals ended the scoreless tie with three straight singles to start the
sixth. Base hits by Andres Chaparro and Brady House put runners on first and
second, and CJ Abrams made it 1-0 with a line drive to right.
Tyler Kinley relieved Valdez, who gave up a two-run home run to Morales to put
the Nationals ahead 3-0. Morales also had a two-run homer on Monday night.
Detroit's Ben Malgeri led off the bottom of the inning with his fifth home run,
a solo shot off Dion, to make it a two-run game.
Nasim Nunez made it 4-1 in the seventh. He blooped a single to second, stole
second and third and scored on a James Wood groundout. The two steals gave him
49 for the season, breaking Abrams' Nationals record of 47, set in 2023. Ron
LeFlore has the overall franchise record with 97 in 1980.
Malgeri made it 4-2 with an RBI single with two out in the ninth, but Cruz
retired Riley Greene to end the game.
Up next
Nationals: Off Thursday before starting a season-ending three-game series with
the New York Mets. LHP Andrew Alvarez (2-6, 3.17) is scheduled to start the
opener, while the Mets have not announced their rotation.
Tigers: Off Thursday before the Pittsburgh Pirates come to Comerica Park to
finish the season. RHP Jackson Jobe (2-3, 3,98) will start the opener for
Detroit.
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