WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals
have experienced a variety of problems in recent days. Their latest
mistake was a bunt that wound up in foul territory down the right field
line.
Nationals reliever Aaron Barrett made a wild throw in the sixth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks quickly broke away, romping 11-4 Wednesday night and handing Washington its fifth loss in six games.
Washington manager Matt Williams said his team needs to snap out of this funk and start playing better. The loss dropped the Nationals two games behind the streaking Mets in the NL East.
"We've got a limited number of games left, and we have to play well if we want to go where we want to go," Williams said. "Can (this loss) galvanize? Yeah, we hope so."
Right fielder Bryce Harper offered a simple solution for his struggling team.
"We've just got to keep battling, keep grinding," he said. "Just got to keep smiling, keep laughing and try to have some fun. We've got a long ways to go."
Down 11-2 in the ninth, the pitching-rich Nationals resorted to putting utilityman Tyler Moore on the mound. He retired the first batter he faced, Arizona star Paul Goldschmidt, on an RBI groundout.
Goldschmidt, Ender Inciarte and A.J. Pollock each got three of Arizona's 17 hits. Welington Castillo added his sixth homer in eight games and said he was not even aware of his power streak.
"I don't know how to explain what's going on right now," Castillo said. "Just go there, see the ball, hit the ball, and just try to keep everything simple. I really feel good."
Arizona has won nine of 13.
The Diamondbacks trailed 2-1 in the sixth when Nick Ahmed tried to put down a sacrifice with runners at first and second and no outs. Barrett (3-3) fielded the ball but made an errant throw that went into foul territory, letting both runners score.
"I was honestly just trying to get rid of it as fast as I could," Barrett said. "I was just trying to get an out. It just got away."
Ahmed wound up reaching third base, and was credited with a single. Pinch-hitter Jarrod Saltalamacchia followed with a broken-bat single for another run and Aaron Hill later drew a bases-loaded walk for his second RBI, making it 5-2.
Castillo hit a three-run homer in the eighth and Arizona scored three more in the ninth.
Moore, a first baseman and outfielder, made his first major league pitching appearance, retiring Goldschmidt and Hill and also hitting Castillo with a pitch.
Rubby De La Rosa (9-5) went five innings for the win.
Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez struck out seven in five innings. He left with a 2-1 after a leadoff single in the sixth.
Arizona finished with 15 singles and kept putting runners on base. The Diamondbacks finished 6-for-18 with runners in scoring position.
Michael A. Taylor hit a two-run homer for the Nationals in that ninth.
ON A ROLL
Castillo has nine RBI and two doubles during his hot streak. He's also gone 11 for 28 on this road trip.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Chief baseball officer Tony La Russa said RHP Chase Anderson (triceps inflammation) will come off the disabled list and start either Friday or Saturday.
Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (left oblique strain) felt fine after throwing a bullpen session on Wednesday. Manager Matt Williams said they'll see how he feels Thursday before making some decisions. ... CF Denard Span (back tightness) hit and took fly balls in the outfield for the first time before the game. Span also felt fine and said he wants to wait and see how he's doing Thursday.
UP NEXT
Arizona RHP Jeremy Hellickson (7-7, 4.95) has struck out 24 in his last 27 1/3 innings and will start in the series finale against Washington RHP Joe Ross (2-3, 3.00), a rookie who's never started vs. the Diamondbacks.
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Nationals reliever Aaron Barrett made a wild throw in the sixth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks quickly broke away, romping 11-4 Wednesday night and handing Washington its fifth loss in six games.
Washington manager Matt Williams said his team needs to snap out of this funk and start playing better. The loss dropped the Nationals two games behind the streaking Mets in the NL East.
"We've got a limited number of games left, and we have to play well if we want to go where we want to go," Williams said. "Can (this loss) galvanize? Yeah, we hope so."
Right fielder Bryce Harper offered a simple solution for his struggling team.
"We've just got to keep battling, keep grinding," he said. "Just got to keep smiling, keep laughing and try to have some fun. We've got a long ways to go."
Down 11-2 in the ninth, the pitching-rich Nationals resorted to putting utilityman Tyler Moore on the mound. He retired the first batter he faced, Arizona star Paul Goldschmidt, on an RBI groundout.
Goldschmidt, Ender Inciarte and A.J. Pollock each got three of Arizona's 17 hits. Welington Castillo added his sixth homer in eight games and said he was not even aware of his power streak.
"I don't know how to explain what's going on right now," Castillo said. "Just go there, see the ball, hit the ball, and just try to keep everything simple. I really feel good."
Arizona has won nine of 13.
The Diamondbacks trailed 2-1 in the sixth when Nick Ahmed tried to put down a sacrifice with runners at first and second and no outs. Barrett (3-3) fielded the ball but made an errant throw that went into foul territory, letting both runners score.
"I was honestly just trying to get rid of it as fast as I could," Barrett said. "I was just trying to get an out. It just got away."
Ahmed wound up reaching third base, and was credited with a single. Pinch-hitter Jarrod Saltalamacchia followed with a broken-bat single for another run and Aaron Hill later drew a bases-loaded walk for his second RBI, making it 5-2.
Castillo hit a three-run homer in the eighth and Arizona scored three more in the ninth.
Moore, a first baseman and outfielder, made his first major league pitching appearance, retiring Goldschmidt and Hill and also hitting Castillo with a pitch.
Rubby De La Rosa (9-5) went five innings for the win.
Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez struck out seven in five innings. He left with a 2-1 after a leadoff single in the sixth.
Arizona finished with 15 singles and kept putting runners on base. The Diamondbacks finished 6-for-18 with runners in scoring position.
Michael A. Taylor hit a two-run homer for the Nationals in that ninth.
ON A ROLL
Castillo has nine RBI and two doubles during his hot streak. He's also gone 11 for 28 on this road trip.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Chief baseball officer Tony La Russa said RHP Chase Anderson (triceps inflammation) will come off the disabled list and start either Friday or Saturday.
Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (left oblique strain) felt fine after throwing a bullpen session on Wednesday. Manager Matt Williams said they'll see how he feels Thursday before making some decisions. ... CF Denard Span (back tightness) hit and took fly balls in the outfield for the first time before the game. Span also felt fine and said he wants to wait and see how he's doing Thursday.
UP NEXT
Arizona RHP Jeremy Hellickson (7-7, 4.95) has struck out 24 in his last 27 1/3 innings and will start in the series finale against Washington RHP Joe Ross (2-3, 3.00), a rookie who's never started vs. the Diamondbacks.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Gio Gonzalez pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Inciarte grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt reached on infield single to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Castillo struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Escobar doubled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Rendon walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Harper walked, Escobar to third, Rendon to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Zimmerman hit sacrifice fly to right, Escobar scored, Rendon to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Werth hit sacrifice fly to right, Rendon scored, Harper to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Espinosa flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Gio Gonzalez pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Hill walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Tomás singled to left, Hill to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Owings struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Lobatón flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Gonzalez flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Gio Gonzalez pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Inciarte reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Pollock grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Inciarte out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt singled to left, Pollock to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Castillo singled to right center, Pollock to third, Goldschmidt to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Hill hit sacrifice fly to center, Pollock scored. | 1 | 2 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Escobar struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Rendon singled to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Harper flied out to left. | 1 | 2 |
| Zimmerman grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Rendon out at second. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Gio Gonzalez pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Owings bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 2 |
| Ahmed lined out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| De La Rosa grounded out to first. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Werth grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Espinosa struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Lobatón lined out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Gio Gonzalez pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Inciarte lined out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Pollock singled to left. | 1 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt singled to right, Pollock to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Pollock stole third, Goldschmidt stole second. | 1 | 2 |
| Castillo struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| Hill struck out looking. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Taylor grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| Gonzalez grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| Escobar walked. | 1 | 2 |
| Rendon grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Gio Gonzalez pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Tomás singled to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Barrett relieved Gonzalez. | 1 | 2 |
| Owings singled to center, Tomás to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Ahmed reached on bunt single to pitcher, Tomás and Owings scored, Ahmed to third on throwing error by pitcher Barrett. | 3 | 2 |
| Saltalamacchia hit for De La Rosa. | 3 | 2 |
| Saltalamacchia singled to left, Ahmed scored. | 4 | 2 |
| Inciarte popped out to third. | 4 | 2 |
| Pollock singled to left, Saltalamacchia to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Roark relieved Barrett. | 4 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to right. | 4 | 2 |
| Castillo walked, Saltalamacchia to third, Pollock to second. | 4 | 2 |
| Hill walked, Saltalamacchia scored, Pollock to third, Castillo to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| David Hernandez pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| D. Hernandez relieved De La Rosa. | 5 | 2 |
| Harper reached on infield single to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Zimmerman struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Werth lined out to right. | 5 | 2 |
| Espinosa grounded out to first. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Owings lined out to left. | 5 | 2 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Lamb hit for D. Hernandez. | 5 | 2 |
| Lamb lined out to center. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Reed relieved D. Hernandez. | 5 | 2 |
| Lobatón flied out to right. | 5 | 2 |
| Taylor reached on infield single to shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| Robinson hit for Roark. | 5 | 2 |
| Robinson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Taylor out at second. | 5 | 2 |
| Escobar singled to right center, Robinson to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Rendon struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Matt Thornton pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Thornton relieved Roark. | 5 | 2 |
| Inciarte tripled to deep left. | 5 | 2 |
| Pollock lined out to shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 5 | 2 |
| Castillo homered to center (432 feet), Inciarte and Goldschmidt scored. | 8 | 2 |
| Hill grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 2 |
| Tomás fouled out to right. | 8 | 2 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Oliver Perez pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Pérez relieved Reed. | 8 | 2 |
| Harper struck out swinging. | 8 | 2 |
| Zimmerman struck out looking. | 8 | 2 |
| Werth struck out looking. | 8 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Felipe Rivero pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Rivero relieved Thornton. | 8 | 2 |
| Owings hit by pitch. | 8 | 2 |
| Ahmed popped out to second. | 8 | 2 |
| Pennington hit for Pérez. | 8 | 2 |
| Pennington singled to right, Owings to second. | 8 | 2 |
| Inciarte singled to left, Owings to third, Pennington to second. | 8 | 2 |
| Owings scored, Pennington to third, Inciarte to second on balk by Rivero. | 9 | 2 |
| Pollock reached on infield single to third, Pennington scored, Inciarte to third. | 10 | 2 |
| Moore relieved Rivero. | 10 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt grounded into fielder's choice to third, Inciarte scored, Pollock out at second. | 11 | 2 |
| Castillo hit by pitch, Goldschmidt to second. | 11 | 2 |
| Hill lined out to second. | 11 | 2 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Hudson relieved Pérez. | 11 | 2 |
| Espinosa lined out to right. | 11 | 2 |
| Lobatón singled to right center. | 11 | 2 |
| Taylor homered to center (425 feet), Lobatón scored. | 11 | 4 |
| Moore grounded out to shortstop. | 11 | 4 |
| Escobar grounded out to shortstop. | 11 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Inciarte LF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .293 | .319 | .390 |
| Pollock CF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .305 | .358 | .460 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | .339 | .453 | .580 |
| Castillo C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .263 | .348 | .549 |
| Hill 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | .211 | .286 | .315 |
| Tomás RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .295 | .329 | .422 |
| Owings 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .231 | .261 | .325 |
| Ahmed SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .229 | .287 | .342 |
| De La Rosa P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .085 | .085 | .085 |
a-Saltalamacchia PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .171 | .267 | .286 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-Lamb PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .287 | .345 | .441 |
Reed P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Pérez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Pennington PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .238 | .318 | .285 |
Hudson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 43 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 196 | |||
| a-singled to left for R De La Rosa in the 6th b-lined out to center for D Hernandez in the 7th c-singled to right for O Perez in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: Inciarte (3, Thornton) HR: Castillo (13, 8th inning off Thornton 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: Hill 2 (26), Saltalamacchia (8), Castillo 3 (29), Pollock (47), Goldschmidt (78) SF: Hill 2-out RBI: Hill Diamondbacks RISP: 6-18 (Hill 0-2, Castillo 2-4, Owings 0-1, Inciarte 1-1, Ahmed 1-2, Tomás 0-2, Saltalamacchia 1-1, Pollock 1-2, De La Rosa 0-1, Goldschmidt 0-2) Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Goldschmidt 2 (19, 2nd base off Gonzalez/Lobatón 2); Pollock (24, 3rd base off Gonzalez/Lobatón) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. |
| Attendance | 37,572 (90.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:56 |
| Weather | 87 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gabe Morales, First Base - Tripp Gibson, Second Base - Brian Gorman, Third Base - Mark Carlson |
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