WASHINGTON -- A humid day ended Ricky Nolasco's outing a batter earlier than he would have liked. He still did enough to help the Los Angeles Angels stymie the Washington Nationals.
Nolasco bounced back from a rocky first inning to pitch into the sixth inning Wednesday before departing with cramps, and Luis Valbuena and Kole Calhoun homered in the Angels' 3-2 victory that secured a split of the teams' two-game series. Los Angeles won for the seventh time in eight games.
Nolasco (6-12) pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs while striking out five. He improved to 3-2 with a 3.38 ERA in five interleague starts.
"He gutted it out and gave us a chance," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
Tanner Roark (9-8) allowed four hits in seven innings for Washington, but he was done in by the two home runs.
"Trying to move down and away, two-seamers on both of them and just didn't get down enough and just stayed up enough in the zone," Roark said.
Valbuena hit his 13th homer of the season to center to lead off the fifth, and Calhoun followed Mike Trout's two-out infield single in the sixth with a shot into the second deck in right field. It was Calhoun's 14th homer of the year.
Reliever Cam Bedrosian survived a leadoff walk to Michael Taylor, who advanced on both a sacrifice and a groundout. Bedrosian then retired Howie Kendrick to earn his sixth save in eight tries.
"Kole got ahold of a fastball and didn't miss it," Scioscia said. "Big hit, and our bullpen again did a great job to hold the lead."
Nolasco threw 31 of his 112 pitches in the first inning, but he escaped trouble in the third and fourth.
Nationals shortstop Wilmer Difo extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a first-inning single, then scored on Ryan Zimmerman's two-out shot to left. It was Zimmerman's 28th homer of the season.
It was the only damage Washington managed against Nolasco, who retired the first two hitters of the sixth before cramping in his calves led Scioscia to make a pitching change. Jesse Chavez struck out Jose Lobaton to end the inning.
"It was a hot one today, really, really hot," Nolasco said. "That last inning everything was just sort of shutting down. I wanted to finish that guy there, but I understand the situation we're in."
Washington finished 6-3 on its 10-day homestand and will play 14 of its next 21 on the road.
"It went well, but you tend to remember your last game -- 7-2 sounds better than 6-3, but we'll take 6-3," Washington manager Dusty Baker said.
MAKING MOVES
Washington selected the contract of OF Alejandro De Aza from Triple-A Syracuse and placed OF Brian Goodwin (left groin strain) on the 10-day disabled list. De Aza struck out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning in his Nationals debut. Goodwin is hitting .251 with 13 homers and 30 RBI. To make room on the 40-man roster, Washington moved SS Trea Turner to the 60-day DL.
SPELLING RELIEF
Over the Angels' last five games, their bullpen has allowed only two earned runs and 17 1/3 innings, striking out 15 while walking one. Chavez, Keynan Middleton and Bedrosian combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts, a hit and a walk on Wednesday.
NEW TERRITORY
Kendrick started in right field, his first appearance at the position in 1,398 career major league games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (Tommy John surgery) will come off the disabled list and make his season debut Friday. "It was a remarkable process he went through on his rehab and it was so seamless that he just went from one stage to another all the way through it," Scioscia said. "He feels terrific."
Nationals: Baker said the team was evaluating RHP Ryan Madson's finger injury, which originally was believed to be a blister. Madson last pitched Saturday. . OF Jayson Werth (left foot contusion) will go to the team's spring training facility and then perhaps on a rehabilitation assignment while Washington is on its seven-game road trip.
UP NEXT
Angels: Heaney is set for his first major league outing since April 5, 2016, as Los Angeles begins a three-game series in Baltimore on Friday.
Nationals: RHP Edwin Jackson (3-2, 3.30 ERA) is on the mound as Washington starts a four-game series Thursday at San Diego.
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Nolasco bounced back from a rocky first inning to pitch into the sixth inning Wednesday before departing with cramps, and Luis Valbuena and Kole Calhoun homered in the Angels' 3-2 victory that secured a split of the teams' two-game series. Los Angeles won for the seventh time in eight games.
Nolasco (6-12) pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing two runs while striking out five. He improved to 3-2 with a 3.38 ERA in five interleague starts.
"He gutted it out and gave us a chance," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
Tanner Roark (9-8) allowed four hits in seven innings for Washington, but he was done in by the two home runs.
"Trying to move down and away, two-seamers on both of them and just didn't get down enough and just stayed up enough in the zone," Roark said.
Valbuena hit his 13th homer of the season to center to lead off the fifth, and Calhoun followed Mike Trout's two-out infield single in the sixth with a shot into the second deck in right field. It was Calhoun's 14th homer of the year.
Reliever Cam Bedrosian survived a leadoff walk to Michael Taylor, who advanced on both a sacrifice and a groundout. Bedrosian then retired Howie Kendrick to earn his sixth save in eight tries.
"Kole got ahold of a fastball and didn't miss it," Scioscia said. "Big hit, and our bullpen again did a great job to hold the lead."
Nolasco threw 31 of his 112 pitches in the first inning, but he escaped trouble in the third and fourth.
Nationals shortstop Wilmer Difo extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a first-inning single, then scored on Ryan Zimmerman's two-out shot to left. It was Zimmerman's 28th homer of the season.
It was the only damage Washington managed against Nolasco, who retired the first two hitters of the sixth before cramping in his calves led Scioscia to make a pitching change. Jesse Chavez struck out Jose Lobaton to end the inning.
"It was a hot one today, really, really hot," Nolasco said. "That last inning everything was just sort of shutting down. I wanted to finish that guy there, but I understand the situation we're in."
Washington finished 6-3 on its 10-day homestand and will play 14 of its next 21 on the road.
"It went well, but you tend to remember your last game -- 7-2 sounds better than 6-3, but we'll take 6-3," Washington manager Dusty Baker said.
MAKING MOVES
Washington selected the contract of OF Alejandro De Aza from Triple-A Syracuse and placed OF Brian Goodwin (left groin strain) on the 10-day disabled list. De Aza struck out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning in his Nationals debut. Goodwin is hitting .251 with 13 homers and 30 RBI. To make room on the 40-man roster, Washington moved SS Trea Turner to the 60-day DL.
SPELLING RELIEF
Over the Angels' last five games, their bullpen has allowed only two earned runs and 17 1/3 innings, striking out 15 while walking one. Chavez, Keynan Middleton and Bedrosian combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts, a hit and a walk on Wednesday.
NEW TERRITORY
Kendrick started in right field, his first appearance at the position in 1,398 career major league games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (Tommy John surgery) will come off the disabled list and make his season debut Friday. "It was a remarkable process he went through on his rehab and it was so seamless that he just went from one stage to another all the way through it," Scioscia said. "He feels terrific."
Nationals: Baker said the team was evaluating RHP Ryan Madson's finger injury, which originally was believed to be a blister. Madson last pitched Saturday. . OF Jayson Werth (left foot contusion) will go to the team's spring training facility and then perhaps on a rehabilitation assignment while Washington is on its seven-game road trip.
UP NEXT
Angels: Heaney is set for his first major league outing since April 5, 2016, as Los Angeles begins a three-game series in Baltimore on Friday.
Nationals: RHP Edwin Jackson (3-2, 3.30 ERA) is on the mound as Washington starts a four-game series Thursday at San Diego.
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1:05PM,EDT,August 16,2017
Nationals Park, Washington,D.C.
Nationals Park, Washington,D.C.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Revere flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Kendrick grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Difo singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Difo stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Murphy grounded out to first, Difo to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Zimmerman homered to left center (432 feet), Difo scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Lind singled to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Rendon popped out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Calhoun grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Cron grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Valbuena doubled to deep center. | 0 | 2 |
| Cowart fouled out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Taylor grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Lobatón grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Roark struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Graterol grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Nolasco walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Revere grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Nolasco out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Kendrick grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Difo singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Murphy struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Zimmerman walked, Difo to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Lind flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Simmons grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Trout flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Calhoun walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Cron flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Rendon doubled to deep left. | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Lobatón lined out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Roark struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Kendrick walked, Rendon to third, Taylor to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Difo struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Valbuena homered to center (399 feet). | 1 | 2 |
| Cowart grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Graterol grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Nolasco lined out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Murphy grounded out to first. | 1 | 2 |
| Zimmerman grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Lind flied out to left. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Revere grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 2 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Trout reached on infield single to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Calhoun homered to right (404 feet), Trout scored. | 3 | 2 |
| Cron grounded out to second. | 3 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Rendon grounded out to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Taylor struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Chavez relieved Nolasco. | 3 | 2 |
| Lobatón struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Valbuena struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Cowart grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| Graterol lined out to center. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jesse Chavez pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| De Aza hit for Roark. | 3 | 2 |
| De Aza struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Kendrick struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Difo grounded out to second. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Sammy Solis pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Solís relieved Roark. | 3 | 2 |
| Maybin hit for Chavez. | 3 | 2 |
| Maybin flied out to center. | 3 | 2 |
| Revere grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| Simmons popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Keynan Middleton pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Middleton relieved Chavez. | 3 | 2 |
| Murphy lined out to left. | 3 | 2 |
| Zimmerman singled to left. | 3 | 2 |
| Lind safe at first on error by first baseman Cron, Zimmerman advanced to second on Cron error, Zimmerman tagged out at third attempting to advance on play. | 3 | 2 |
| Stevenson ran for Lind. | 3 | 2 |
| Rendon flied out to left. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Sammy Solis pitching for Washington | LAA | WSH |
| Kendrick in left field. | 3 | 2 |
| Stevenson in right field. | 3 | 2 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Blanton relieved Solís. | 3 | 2 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | WSH |
| Bedrosian relieved Middleton. | 3 | 2 |
| Taylor walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Lobatón sacrificed to first, Taylor to second. | 3 | 2 |
| Wieters hit for Blanton. | 3 | 2 |
| Wieters grounded out to second, Taylor to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Kendrick grounded out to second. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Revere LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .247 | .278 | .315 |
| Simmons SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .296 | .349 | .449 |
| Trout CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .340 | .466 | .679 |
| Calhoun RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .241 | .320 | .374 |
| Cron 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .255 | .303 | .434 |
| Valbuena 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .193 | .264 | .395 |
| Cowart 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .278 | .339 | .444 |
| Graterol C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .242 | .250 | .303 |
| Nolasco P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .286 | .000 |
Chavez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Maybin PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 | .333 | .355 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 30 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 118 | |||
| a-flied out to center for J Chavez in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Valbuena (9, Roark) HR: Valbuena (13, 5th inning off Roark 0 on, 0 Out); Calhoun (14, 6th inning off Roark 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Valbuena (39), Calhoun 2 (49) 2-out RBI: Calhoun 2 GIDP: Revere Angels RISP: 0-1 (Cowart 0-1) Team LOB: 2 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Cron (2, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. |
| Attendance | 30,307 (73% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:51 |
| Weather | 87 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 5 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gerry Davis, First Base - Rob Drake, Second Base - Pat Hoberg, Third Base - Tony Randazzo |
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