Jacob Younger tripled dwelling three runs within the tenth inning and the visiting Washington Nationals went on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-8 Friday evening.
Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs and Juan Yepez was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs for the Nationals, who rallied from 5-2 and 6-3 deficits to snap their three-game shedding streak.
Washington starter MacKenzie Gore allowed six runs on 9 hits in 5 innings. He walked two and struck out three.
Jacob Barnes (6-2), the fourth of 5 Nationals relievers, earned the victory with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Paul Goldschmidt reached the two,000-hit milestone with two hits, together with a two-run homer, for the Cardinals. Nolan Arenado hit a three-run homer, and Masyn Winn hit a two-run shot and an RBI single.
Cardinals beginning pitcher Sonny Grey surrendered 5 runs on seven hits in 5 innings. He struck out seven and walked three.
Reliever Ryan Fernandez (1-3) took the loss, giving up the 4 runs, three earned, within the tenth.
Washington took a 2-0 lead within the second inning on singles by Yepez and Kelbert Ruiz and Garcia’s double.
The Cardinals seized a 5-2 lead within the third.
Michael Siani walked and Winn hit his sixth homer. After Willson Contreras and Alec Burleson singled, Arenado launched his eleventh homer.
The Nationals reduce their deficit to 5-3 within the fourth inning on a single by Yepez, a stroll to James Wooden and Garcia’s RBI single. St. Louis received the run again within the backside of the inning on singles by Pedro Pages, Siani and Winn.
Washington reduce its deficit to 6-5 within the fifth inning on walks to CJ Abrams and Jesse Winker, an RBI double by Yepez and Wooden’s run-scoring groundout.
The Nationals tied the sport 6-6 within the seventh inning. Abrams and Lane Thomas drew walks off Andrew Kittredge and executed a double steal to arrange Yepez’s sacrifice fly.
Younger’s triple and Abrams’ single within the tenth put Washington up 10-6, then Goldschmidt homer within the backside of the inning.
–Area Stage Media