He was visited once by the trainer and appeared to be favoring his leg following several pitches before being removed from the game after allowing three runs and striking out 10.Felipe Rivero (0-2) took the loss for Washington.Reds starter Dan Straily held the Nationals hitless for 5 2/3 innings following Anthony Rendon’s two-run homer in the second which accounted for the only two runs Straily allowed.Straily got an assist from his defense when struggling leadoff batter Ben Revere crushed a pitch to center in the first, but Billy Hamilton made a leaping grab up against the wall.Danny Espinosa’s solo home run in the eighth off Ross Ohlendorf tied the score 3-3 before Duvall’s homer earned Ohlendorf (4-4) the victory.Tony Cingrani earned his fifth save for Cincinnati.Rendon put the Nationals (33-23) ahead 2-0 with a two-run blast on a 1-2 pitch in the second.Bruce answered with a solo shot to the opposite field.
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Washington started the series finale in Cincinnati winless in their last five games in Great American Ball Park, looking to avoid the second road sweep of the season. Gonzalez struck out Joey Votto swinging on a full count before Phillips delivered a two-run single up the middle for a 4-0 lead. They’re also 10-1 in his last 11 starts after allowing five runs or more in their previous game and are a ideal 5-0 in his last five starts coming off five days of rest.
“It was a humid afternoon”, said Reds manager Bryan Price.
In 175 plate appearances with Triple-A Louisville this season, Waldrop is hitting.247/.291/.383 with 10 doubles, four home runs and 17 runs batted in.
Perhaps the Washington Nationals best starting pitcher so far this season, Strasburg breezed through a 14-pitch first inning with a strikeout and two sharp groundouts.
In three starts vs the Reds before today, Nationals’ starter Tanner Roark had a 1.89 ERA in 19 IP.
Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez, right, tags out Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper … Right-hander Jon Moscot needed a good performance to secure his spot in the Reds’ rotation, which soon will get a boost with the return of right-hander Anthony DeSclafani. “When I went back and looked at some of the pitches that they hit out of the park, they’re not exactly where I want them”. “I wanted to go up there and react”. Game over, Nationals 10 Reds 9.
“I’d take that situation every day and I think we come out on the other end of it a lot of times”, Bruce said. I didn’t get the ball in far enough on Murphy. Clint Robinson’s sacrifice fly drove in another, giving the Nationals an 8-5 lead.
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Price fetched Moscot at that point, but reliever Daniel Wright allowed another RBI single to add to Moscot’s final tally.
