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05/30 17:59 CDT Nationals score 6 in the 7th, beat the Padres 9-4 despite
Tatis' first home run of the season
Nationals score 6 in the 7th, beat the Padres 9-4 despite Tatis' first home run
of the season
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Luis Garca Jr.'s two-run single highlighted a six-run
seventh inning for the Washington Nationals as they rallied to a 9-4 win over
the San Diego Padres on Saturday.
Washington hit only two balls out of the infield during its big inning, but the
Nationals sent 10 men to the plate in a frame that included the first ejection
for Padres rookie manager Craig Stammen. The first six Washington batters came
around to score.
Fernando Tatis Jr. finally hit his first homer of the season for San Diego, and
Xander Bogaerts and Manny Machado also went deep to help the Padres build a 3-1
lead. Drew Millas homered in the third for Washington, and he was involved in
perhaps the game's most important play in the seventh.
After CJ Abrams led off the Washington seventh with a single to center, Jos
Tena's grounder forced a diving stop by Tatis, and the second baseman was
unable to make an accurate throw for the force play. It was scored a fielder's
choice.
Jorbit Vivas then walked, and Michael King (4-4) hit Dylan Crews with a pitch
to force in a run.
Bradgley Rodriguez come on to face Millas and induced a grounder to second, but
everybody was safe when Bogaerts, the shortstop, was ruled to be off second
base when he received the throw from Tatis. The play was reviewed, the call was
upheld and Stammen was tossed after coming out to argue. Bogaerts was charged
with an error.
Pinch-hitter Curtis Mead drew a walk to force in another run, and after James
Wood struck out, Garca's single up the middle made it 6-3. Daylen Lile then
bounced into a force play, but a run came home when the Padres were unable to
turn two.
Machado's RBI double in the eighth made it 7-4, but Mead answered with a
two-run double in the bottom half.
Brad Lord (3-0) pitched a scoreless fifth and sixth for the win. Clayton Beeter
got the final four outs for his third save.
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