Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers

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Washington Nationals

75-84, 38-43 Away

Final
4 - 2

Detroit Tigers

74-85, 40-38 Home

Yohandry Morales homers, Nationals bullpen hangs on for a 4-2 win over the Tigers

Washington Nationals vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

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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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Greene flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Malgeri singled to right, Jung scored, McGonigle to third.
	9th Inning	Lee popped out to catcher.
	9th Inning	McGonigle singled to center, Jung to second.
	9th Inning	Jung singled to right.
	9th Inning	Callahan struck out swinging.

Statistics

WSH		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
6	Hits	8
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	13
35	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
2.8	Runs Created	5.0
.194	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.394
.290	Secondary Average	.364
.286	On Base Percentage	.359
.576	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.753
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
27.0	Batter Rating	24.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.097	Isolated Power	.152
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.121
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.3	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0