Oakland Athletics @ Washington Nationals

33-83, 15-42 Away

Final

51-66, 23-34 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
E. RuizCF	0-5	0	0	0	.251
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Ruiz flied out to center. 2nd: Ruiz struck out looking. 5th: Ruiz lined out to left. 8th: Ruiz struck out looking. 9th: Ruiz lined out to left.
J. BledayLF	1-4	1	0	0	.201
Z. Gelof2B	1-3	1	0	0	.253
S. Brown1B	0-3	0	0	0	.215
J. Diaz3B	1-4	0	0	2	.253
T. SoderstromDH	0-4	0	0	0	.150
S. LangeliersC	2-3	0	0	0	.203
L. ButlerRF	0-4	0	0	0	.000
N. AllenSS	1-3	0	0	0	.203

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
P. Blackburn	5.2	8	4	4	3	103-60	4.52
L. Erceg	0.2	1	2	0	0	7-3	6.55
S. Long	1.2	3	2	1	1	30-20	5.27

According to ESPN Analytics

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Nationals Park

12:05 AM, 12 August 2023

Washington, District of Columbia

Attendance: 22,651

Game Time:2:52

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Nick Mahrley
First Base Umpire - Vic Carapazza
Second Base Umpire - Emil Jimenez
Third Base Umpire - Adam Hamari

Vargas, Ruiz, Alu homer as Nationals take series opener from Athletics, 8-2

— Ildemaro Vargas homered and drove in four runs, Keibert Ruiz went deep at home for the first time since May and the Washington Nationals defeated the Oakland Athletics 8-2 on Friday night.

Aug 12, 2023, 03:55 am - AP


OAK
WSH

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
0	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	-	8	12	1

C. Abbott1-1

1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

P. Blackburn2-3

5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 4 BB

Scoring Summary

		OAK	WSH
1st	J. Diaz singled to left, Bleday scored and Gelof scored.	2	0
2nd	Vargas singled to right, Ruiz scored, Smith to third.	2	1
2nd	Garrett singled to right, Smith scored, Vargas to second.	2	2
4th	Alu hit sacrifice fly to left, Vargas scored.	2	3
5th	Ruiz homered to right center (381 feet).	2	4
7th	Vargas homered to left center (407 feet), Thomas scored and Ruiz scored.	2	7
8th	Alu homered to right center (419 feet).	2	8

Data is currently unavailable.

Athletics
2
Nationals
8

Game 1

12/8

Athletics
2
Nationals
3

Game 2

13/8

Athletics
7
Nationals
8

Game 3

13/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	96	66	.593	-	W1
New York	83	79	.512	13	L1
Miami	79	83	.488	17	W1
Atlanta	76	86	.469	20	W1
Washington	66	96	.407	30	L1

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