Washington Nationals at Toronto Blue Jays

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Washington Nationals

1-4, 0-2 Away

Final
3 - 5

Toronto Blue Jays

4-2, 4-2 Home

Bichette gets tiebreaking hit in eighth, Blue Jays beat Nationals 5-3 for 3rd straight win

Bo Bichette's single gives Blue Jays the lead

The Blue Jays finished with 12 hits, all singles.

Bichette bounced an 0-2 pitch from Washington left-hander Jose A. Ferrer (0-1) down the first base line to drive in George Springer and Will Wagner.

Chad Green (1-0) got one out for the win and Jeff Hoffman finished with a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save in two opportunities.

Toronto’s José Berríos allowed two runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out eight.

Washington starter Trevor Williams allowed three runs and 10 hits in five innings. He walked none and struck out three.

Springer, Ernie Clement and Alan Roden all hit RBI singles in Toronto’s three-run second.

Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz hit a two-run single off Berríos in the sixth and CJ Abrams tied it with an RBI double off left-hander Mason Fluharty, making his major league debut, in the seventh.

Abrams went 3 for 4 with two doubles and scored a run.

Key Moment Springer singled to begin the eighth and Ferrer fumbled Wagner’s sacrifice bunt, putting runners at first and second. Clement sacrificed and pinch-hitter Davis Schneider struck out before Bichette’s tiebreaking hit.

Key Stat Williams has allowed three runs or fewer in 16 consecutive starts, the second-longest streak of its kind in modern Nationals history. Max Scherzer made 17 straight starts with three or fewer runs allowed for Washington in 2019.

Up Next The Blue Jays had not named a starter to face Washington LHP MacKenzie Gore (0-0, 0.00 ERA) in Wednesday's series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Call popped out to first.
	9th Inning	DeJong struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	García Jr. lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Hoffman relieved Green
	9th Inning	Straw in center field.
	9th Inning	Springer in right field.

Statistics

WSH		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	17
12	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	2
6	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	22
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
10	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	0
2.5	Runs Created	4.7
.194	Batting Average	.364
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.290	Slugging Percentage	.364
.258	Secondary Average	.061
.286	On Base Percentage	.417
.576	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.780
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.5
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
25.0	Batter Rating	32.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.097	Isolated Power	.000
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.053
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.303
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
72.0	MLB Rating	87.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0