WASHINGTON D.C. — The Washington Nationals introduced a paid attendance of 19,195 on Friday night time at Nationals Park. It’s unclear what number of of these in attendance have been Giants followers, however there have been greater than sufficient — particularly behind the third-base dugout — to start out “Let’s go Giants” chants within the decrease bowl.
Landen Roupp pitched six-plus shutout innings, his second straight outing of not less than six frames, and the bullpen mixed for 3 scoreless innings as San Francisco beat Washington 4-0.
After strolling Jung Hoo Lee on 5 pitches to guide off the seventh inning, Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore left the sport alongside a coach in the course of a plate look towards Matt Chapman as a consequence of an obvious damage.
Chapman completed the plate look by drawing a stroll towards reliever Jackson Rutledge (charged to Gore), and following Wilmer Flores’ 6-4-3 double play, Willy Adames drove in Lee by sneaking a single up the center.
San Francisco expanded the result in 2-0 when Rutledge walked Casey Schmitt, Mike Yastrzemski, and Patrick Bailey in back-to-back-to-back plate appearances, and Bailey scored Adames together with his free go with the bases loaded. The Giants had an opportunity to pile on, however Nationals reliever Zach Brzykcy entered for Rutledge and obtained Tyler Fitzgerald to hit into an inning-ending groundout.
Roupp cruised via the primary six innings however was pulled within the seventh after permitting a double and a stroll to start the inning. Randy Rodríguez entered for Roupp and instantly put out the fireplace, hanging out Robert Hassell III and getting José Tena to floor into an inning-ending 6-3 double play.
Erik Miller pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Camilo Doval completed off the win with a scoreless ninth, his nineteenth consecutive scoreless outing.
Initially Printed: Might 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM PDT
