Washington Nationals at Seattle Mariners
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Mariners use early homers, strong start by Luis Castillo to top Nationals 8-4
J.P. Crawford and Eugenio Suárez both homered, Luis Castillo overcame a shaky beginning to pitch seven strong innings and win his first start since May 27, and the Mariners beat the Washington Nationals 8-4 on Monday night.
Seattle opened its final homestand before hosting the All-Star Game next month and needed its offense to come through as Castillo (5-6) wasn’t at his best early on.
But after two straight losses where all of Seattle's runs came via the homer, the Mariners won the opener with the Nationals thanks to a pair of sacrifice flies and three two-out hits that scored runs.
“There’s no better thing, better uplifting feeling in the dugout than when you’re coming up with those two RBI,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “We've had some games like that where we talk about just keeping the line moving.”
Seattle's offensive punch did start with Crawford, who joined Washington’s Lane Thomas as both hit leadoff home runs for their respective teams.
Suárez homered leading off the fourth inning against Washington starter Trevor Williams, and Julio Rodríguez’s two-out RBI single pulled Seattle even at 3-3. Rodríguez finished with three hits and a walk.
Seattle’s three-run fifth inning against Washington’s Cory Abbott (0-1) proved to be the difference. Teoscar Hernández reached on an infield single and advanced on a befuddling error by first baseman Dominic Smith, who flipped a deflected groundball to first base with no one covering.
“We had one bad inning where we gave them extra outs and things got out of hand,” Washington manger Davey Martinez said.
Hernández scored on Suarez’s sacrifice fly, but it was Jarred Kelenic’s walk and stolen base that tipped the inning. Kelenic was originally called out attempting to steal second but a challenge by Seattle manager Scott Servais proved correct and the call was overturned. Kelenic scored on Mike Ford’s single, and Ford scored when Kolten Wong doubled to give Seattle a 6-3 lead.
The big inning for Seattle was amplified by the repeated playing of John Denver's “Take Me Home, Country Roads," which is currently Kelenic's walk-up song.
“When the crowd gets into it, man, I just feel like, as a team, we just feed off of that,” Kelenic said.
Thomas hit his 14th homer on the third pitch of the game and Smith homered in the second inning for Washington off Castillo. Thomas added an RBI double in the ninth inning and has a hit in 13 of his last 14 games.
Seattle’s ace settled down after giving up an unearned run in the third inning and six of the final 12 outs he recorded came via strikeout. Castillo allowed seven hits, struck out seven and snapped a personal four-game losing streak.
“It was very important. I had that streak; it wasn’t the best these past few outings for me, but it was important for me to go get that seventh and thank God we were able to come up with that one,” Castillo said through an interpreter.
Paul Sewald struck out Jeimer Candelario with the bases loaded to end the game for his 14th save.
LEADING OFF
The leadoff homers from Thomas and Crawford were a rarity for both franchises. Seattle last played in a game with dual leadoff homers on Aug. 13, 2013 against Tampa Bay when Brad Miller homered for Seattle and Ben Zobrist homered for the Rays.
The gap for the Nationals was even wider. It last happened on July 18, 2006 when Alfonso Soriano homered for the Nationals and Hanley Ramirez homered for the Marlins.
ROSTER MOVE
Washington selected the contract of RHP Amos Willingham from Triple-A Rochester and optioned RHP Paolo Espino to Rochester.
UP NEXT
Nationals: RHP Jake Irvin (1-4, 4.71 ERA) will make his 10th start. Irvin has pitched at least five innings and allowed only one earned run in each of his past two starts.
Mariners: RHP Bryan Woo (1-1, 5.09) earned his first victory in his last start, allowing one run in 5 1/3 innings against the Yankees.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Candelario struck out looking. | |
9th Inning | Sewald relieved Saucedo | |
9th Inning | García walked. | |
9th Inning | Thomas hit a ground rule double, Ruiz scored, Smith to third. | |
9th Inning | Abrams struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Hill struck out looking. |
Statistics
WSH | SEA | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
12 | Ground Balls | 12 |
12 | Strikeouts | 9 |
4 | Runs Batted In | 8 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
10 | Hits | 12 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 2 |
3 | Walks | 5 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
4 | Runs | 8 |
1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 2 |
36 | At Bats | 34 |
2 | Home Runs | 2 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
18 | Runners Left On Base | 18 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
2 | Doubles | 1 |
12 | Fly Balls | 15 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
145 | Pitches | 172 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
18 | Total Bases | 19 |
39 | Plate Appearances | 41 |
324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
4 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
5.6 | Runs Created | 8.6 |
.278 | Batting Average | .353 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.500 | Slugging Percentage | .559 |
.306 | Secondary Average | .412 |
.333 | On Base Percentage | .415 |
.833 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .973 |
1.0 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.8 |
5.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 9.6 |
36.0 | Batter Rating | 54.0 |
18.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 17.0 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
3.72 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.20 |
.222 | Isolated Power | .206 |
0.25 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.56 |
.077 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .122 |
.028 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .059 |
8.0 | Runs Produced | 16.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.4 |
86.3 | MLB Rating | 100.5 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Seattle, Washington
Attendance: 23,329 | Capacity:
2024 National League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | 95 | 67 | .586 | - | W1 |
Atlanta | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | W1 |
New York | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | L1 |
Washington | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | L1 |
Miami | 62 | 100 | .383 | 33 | W4 |
2024 American League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 88 | 73 | .547 | - | W2 |
Seattle | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3.5 | W4 |
Texas | 78 | 84 | .481 | 10.5 | W3 |
Oakland | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19.5 | L3 |
Los Angeles | 63 | 99 | .389 | 25.5 | L6 |