Washington Nationals at Toronto Blue Jays

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Washington Nationals

1-5, 0-3 Away

Final
2 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

5-2, 5-2 Home

Easton Lucas goes 5 scoreless in first big league start as Jays beat Nats 4-2 for 3-game sweep

It was hardly baseball weather with snow falling outside Rogers Centre, which had the roof closed for the afternoon game.

Lucas (1-0) struck out three and walked two in a composed 74-pitch outing.

Filling in for the injured Max Scherzer, the 6-foot-4 left-hander was making his 15th appearance in the majors. The 28-year-old from California appeared in two games for the Jays last season. He made 12 other appearances in 2024, split between Oakland and Detroit.

Nationals left-hander MacKenzie Gore (0-1), who struck out a career-high 13 in six scoreless innings in Washington's season opener against Philadelphia, gave up three runs on nine hits in six innings with five strikeouts.

Andres Gimenez singled home Anthony Santander for a 1-0 Jays lead in the first. Santander had doubled for his 700th career hit.

Toronto added runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth.

CJ Abrams homered off Jays reliever Brendon Little to open the sixth. Little, Chad Green, Yimi Garcia and Jeff Hoffman then retired 11 of the next 12 batters. Hoffman allowed a run in the ninth while picking up his third save.

Key moment Toronto DH George Springer opened the fourth with his first homer of the season, a 368-foot drive into the Jays bullpen.

Key stat After hitting 12 singles and nothing else Tuesday, Toronto had five extra-base hits Wednesday and outhit Washington 10-5. The Nationals scored seven runs over the three games in Toronto.

Up next Washington hosts Arizona in a three-game series beginning Friday.

Toronto begins its first trip of the season, with 10 games in 10 days starting Friday when Kevin Gausman (1-0, 3.00 ERA) takes the mound against the New York Mets.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Young caught stealing second, catcher to second.
	9th Inning	Young ran for Bell
	9th Inning	Bell reached on infield single to pitcher, Lowe to third.
	9th Inning	Lowe doubled to right, Wood scored.
	9th Inning	Wood singled to right.
	9th Inning	Ruiz grounded out to second.

Statistics

WSH		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
7	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
115	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	17
33	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
1.4	Runs Created	6.2
.161	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.515
.161	Secondary Average	.273
.212	On Base Percentage	.351
.502	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.867
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
18.0	Batter Rating	35.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.48	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.129	Isolated Power	.212
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.030
4.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.0	MLB Rating	86.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0