Arizona Diamondbacks at Washington Nationals

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Arizona Diamondbacks

5-3, 3-1 Away

Final
6 - 4

Washington Nationals

1-6, 1-3 Home

Carroll hits 2 homers, Grichuk has tiebreaking double and Diamondbacks beat Nats 6-4

Nathaniel Lowe ropes a solo HR for Nationals

Grichuk doubled off the wall in center against Jose Ferrer (0-2) — with Jacob Young nearly making the catch — to score pinch-runner Garrett Hampson and Geraldo Perdomo for a 6-4 lead.

Carroll trimmed Arizona's deficit to 3-2 on a home run in the third, and his two-run homer in the fifth made it 4-3.

Arizona starter Brandon Pfaadt (1-1) went six innings, allowing six hits and four earned runs while striking out four. Justin Martinez worked the ninth for his first save.

The Nationals hit three homers. CJ Abrams had a leadoff homer to tie it at 1-all in the first and Luis García Jr. added a two-run homer later in the inning. Nathaniel Lowe tied the game in the sixth with his third homer of the year.

Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz, who had hit safely in all six games to start the season and in 10 straight since the end of 2024, went 0 for 4.

Key moment Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte left in the first inning after sustaining a left hamstring strain while running the bases. Marte hit a drive to the wall in center field and as he rounded first base and headed to second, he started to stutter-step.

Key stat The Diamondbacks have homered in each of their first eight games of a season for the fourth time in franchise history. The 2001 team homered in 12 straight to begin the season.

Up next Arizona LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0, 5.06) faces Washington LHP Mitchell Parker (1-0, 0.00) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crews grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Bell singled to right.
	9th Inning	García Jr. grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Lowe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Martinez relieved Puk
	9th Inning	Grichuk flied out to center.

Statistics

ARI		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	13
6	Strikeouts	6
6	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
21	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
149	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	17
39	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
7.0	Runs Created	3.8
.297	Batting Average	.235
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.500
.351	Secondary Average	.235
.333	On Base Percentage	.235
.874	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.735
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
7.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
49.0	Batter Rating	33.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.82	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.243	Isolated Power	.265
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.051	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
12.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
95.0	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0