Washington Nationals at Toronto Blue Jays

Mar 31, 2025, 11:07 PM · Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

1-3, 0-1 Away

Final
2 - 5

Toronto Blue Jays

3-2, 3-2 Home

Giménez scores 3 runs, Soroka exits early as Blue Jays beat Nationals 5-2

Giménez reached base four times. He homered in the second inning, walked and scored in the fourth, was hit by a pitch in the sixth and doubled and scored in the eighth.

Francis (1-0) didn’t allow a base hit until CJ Abrams and James Wood hit back-to-back homers with one out in the sixth.

Francis allowed two runs and two hits. He walked three and struck out four.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk both contributed RBI doubles as the Blue Jays won back-to-back games for the first time.

Nationals right-hander Michael Soroka left in the sixth because of cramping in his bicep.

Soroka (0-1) allowed four runs and five hits. He walked one and struck out three.

The Canadian-born Soroka signed a one-year, $9-million contract with Washington in December.

Francis took no-hit bids into the ninth inning twice in a four-start stretch last season, losing both on leadoff home runs in the final inning.

That made Francis the first pitcher to lose two no-hit bids in the ninth inning during one season since Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan with Texas in 1989.

Right-hander Nick Sandlin pitched the seventh, lefty Brendon Little worked the eighth and Yimi García finished for his first save.

Key moment Toronto opened the scoring for the first time this season when Giménez homered to begin the second.

Key stat Giménez has three home runs in five games with Toronto. He hit nine in 152 games with Cleveland last season.

Up next RHP José Berríos (0-1, 10.80 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Blue Jays on Tuesday night against Nationals RHP Trevor Williams.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crews struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	DeJong struck out looking.
	9th Inning	García Jr. grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	García relieved Little
	9th Inning	Roden in left field.
	9th Inning	Straw in center field.

Statistics

WSH		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	3
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	5
10	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
148	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	18
35	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	6
2.5	Runs Created	6.7
.156	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.563
.281	Secondary Average	.344
.229	On Base Percentage	.389
.572	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.951
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.9
19.0	Batter Rating	44.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.81
.188	Isolated Power	.250
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.8	MLB Rating	91.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0