Washington Nationals at Milwaukee Brewers

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Washington Nationals

43-52, 23-28 Away

Final
5 - 2

Milwaukee Brewers

54-41, 28-16 Home

Rutledge makes first start of the season, Nationals beat the Brewers to end 5-game losing streak

Rutledge, Washington’s first-round pick in 2019 whose only other appearance this season was one inning during a May 14 doubleheader, held Milwaukee to three hits and two walks over 4 2/3 innings.

Robert Garcia (1-3) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the victory, and Kyle Finnegan struck out two in the ninth for his 24th save.

“It was outstanding,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said about Garcia. “He did a good job. His fastball was electric today. He pitched really, really well.”

The Nationals staked Rutledge to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Winker’s RBI double and added two more in the fourth before the Brewers got on the board with two in the bottom half.

Winker got one of those runs back in the fifth when he sent a 94.2 mph fastball from right-hander Freddy Peralta 403 feet to right-center.

“It’s great, especially on the road,” Winker said. “Jackson pitched well, all the guys that came in behind him did great and we made a bunch of great defensive plays. It was a really good win.”

Rutledge started four games last season for the Nationals, going 1-1.

Peralta (6-5) surrendered four of Washington’s five runs on 10 hits while striking out six over five innings.

“Freddy made a few mistakes but generally, I thought he threw the ball good,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said.

The NL Central-leading Brewers have dropped two in a row and six of their last eight.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: LHP Jose A. Ferrer (teres major strain) will pitch in back-to-back games this weekend as he continues his minor-league rehab assignment with Double-A Harrisburg. Martinez said the team will decide Ferrer’s next steps during the All-Star break.

Brewers: INF Joey Ortiz (neck) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list and in the starting lineup Friday night. Ortiz had been sidelined since an 0-for-5 showing at Colorado on July 1. … LHP DL Hall (knee) is expected to rejoin the team in the next few days despite taking a comebacker off the forearm during his last minor league rehab start at Triple-A Nashville.

LHP Dallas Keuchel (0-0, 4.61 ERA) was set to start for Milwaukee on Saturday against LHP Mitchell Parker (5-5, 3.44).

This story has been corrected to show that Friday night was Jackson Rutledge's first major league start of the season, not his first ever. He started four games last season.

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Matchup Prediction

Brewers: 75.2%

Nationals: 24.8%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Chourio struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ortiz grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bauers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Harvey
	9th Inning	Bauers hit for Mitchell
	9th Inning	Abrams popped out to third.

Statistics

WSH		MIL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	13
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	4
3	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	166
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	6
37	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.9	Runs Created	1.1
.333	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.194
.250	Secondary Average	.194
.351	On Base Percentage	.250
.851	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.444
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
6.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.0
44.0	Batter Rating	16.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.61
.167	Isolated Power	.065
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.31
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.111
-.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
91.5	MLB Rating	64.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0