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06/22 21:55 CDT Mead and Garcia Jr. homer, Griffin pitches into 8th inning and
Nationals beat Phillies 4-1
Mead and Garcia Jr. homer, Griffin pitches into 8th inning and Nationals beat
Phillies 4-1
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Curtis Mead and Luis Garcia Jr. homered, Foster Griffin
pitched 7 1/3 strong innings and the Nationals beat the Phillies 4-1 on Monday
night in the opener of a four-game series between the division rivals.
Dylan Crews, James Wood and Keibert Ruiz each had a double and a single for
Washington, which had lost three of four.
Griffin (8-2) gave up a run on four hits and struck out nine without a walk. He
has gone five or more innings and allowed one earned run in each of his past
four starts.
Clayton Beeter pitched the ninth for his sixth save.
Brandon Marsh homered for Philadelphia, which had won two straight and four of
six.
The start of the game was delayed one hour and 32 minutes by rain.
Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper, who went a combined 12 for 17 over their past
two games with six homers (four by Schwarber) went 2 for 8 with Harper singling
twice.
Washington's CJ Abrams saw his home run streak end at three games. Nasim Nuez
singled twice and has hit safely in eight straight games and reached base
safely in a career-high 14 straight.
Marsh's homer in the seventh pulled the Phillies within 2-1, but Wood singled
and Mead followed with a two-run shot in the bottom half.
Wood doubled leading off the first against opener Tim Mayza and scored on a
single by Crews.
Garcia homered off Alan Rangel with one out in the second to make it 2-0.
Mayza (2-2) allowed one run in one inning and bulk reliever Rangel, recalled
from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, allowed a run on five hits over five innings.
Up next
Philadelphia's Jess Luzardo (6-4, 4.20 ERA) pitches the second game of the
series, while the Nationals will start Zack Littell (6-6, 5.45).
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