WASHINGTON D.C. — Robbie Ray continued his latest stretch of excellence by permitting one run over six innings with seven strikeouts because the Giants beat the Washington Nationals, 3-2, on Sunday at Nationals Park to take the collection.
For Ray, that is his sixth consecutive outing of not less than six innings, the third time he’s carried out so in his profession. Throughout this stretch, Ray has allowed seven earned runs over 39 innings (1.62 ERA) with 44 strikeouts to 4 walks.
Ray, as he’s wont to do, closely relied on his four-seam fastball. The left-hander’s heater accounted for 54 of his 90 pitches, inducing seven whiffs with the heater and touchdown 11 four-seamers for strikes. The one run that Ray allowed was self-inflicted because the Nationals’ Nasim Nuñez scored from third on a wild pitch.
Rodríguez and Rogers pitched scoreless innings however Walker allowed a run on back-to-back doubles by CJ Abrams and James Wooden, reducing the Giants’ result in 3-2. That one run can be all of the Nationals obtained.
Willy Adames obtained the Giants on the scoreboard within the prime of the second inning by grounding out on a verify swing, giving San Francisco an early 1-0 lead. The Giants tacked on two extra runs within the third inning on Sam Huff’s solo homer, his second of the 12 months, and Heliot Ramos’ RBI groundout that drove in Mike Yastrzemski, who tripled.
Value noting
Proper-hander Justin Verlander, who’s at the moment on the 15-day injured record with a proper pec pressure, threw on Saturday and is predicted to throw a bullpen in Detroit on Tuesday.
Infielder/outfielder Jerar Encarnacion (left hand fracture) will seemingly rejoin the Giants when the workforce returns from their three-city street journey against assembly the workforce in Miami. He’s spending the weekend in Arizona, then will play per week of rehab video games with Triple-A Sacramento. Encarnacion is eligible to return as of Could 26.
