Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Washington Nationals

7-12, 2-8 Away

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Pittsburgh Pirates

8-12, 6-4 Home

Pirates win 1-0 on leadoff homer for 2nd time since 1900 as Oneil Cruz sparks victory over Nationals

Oneil Cruz crushes second HR of series vs. Nats

Cruz hit a grand slam in Wednesday’s 6-1 win and has four home runs this season.

Pittsburgh won 1-0 on a leadoff homer for only the second time since 1900 after Carlos García's drive off the Marlins' Chris Hammond on Sept. 14, 1993, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Heaney (1-1) gave up all five National hits, walked two and struck out four. Ryan Borucki and Dennis Santana preserved the Pirates' first shutout this season, with Santana earning his second save.

Washington's Trevor Williams (1-2) gave up three hits in five innings. Nathaniel Lowe had two hits for the Nationals.

The Nationals were without manager Dave Martinez after he was suspended for one game following a bench-clearing incident Wednesday that resulted in Washington pitcher Jorge López being suspended three games for throwing at Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen. López has appealed. Bench coach Miguel Cairo served as manager Thursday.

Pirates catcher Joey Bart batted cleanup after missing five games with a sore back. Teammate Bryan Reynolds started in the outfield for the first time since March 30 after being confined to DH duties because of a right shoulder injury.

Key moment Third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes preserved the shutout in the eighth inning, snagging Amed Rosario's sharply hit ground ball down the line and throwing to first for the third out, stranding a runner at third.

Key stat Heaney, a 12-year veteran who signed with the Pirates in the offseason, was 0-2 with a 5.14 ERA in six previous career appearances — five starts — against Washington.

Up next Washington's MacKenzie Gore (1-2, 3.52) pitches against Rockies' Chase Dollander (1-1, 5.06) at Colorado on Friday. The Pirates' Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2, 6.23) will face Cleveland's Luis Ortiz (1-2, 6.06) in Pittsburgh on Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	García Jr. struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Crews grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Borucki
	9th Inning	Lowe fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Triolo at first base.
	8th Inning	Valdez grounded out to second.

Statistics

WSH		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	8
5	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
112	Pitches	124
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
6	Total Bases	8
33	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.7	Runs Created	2.4
.167	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.286
.100	Secondary Average	.321
.219	On Base Percentage	.281
.419	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.567
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
7.0	Batter Rating	14.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.39	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.033	Isolated Power	.107
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
63.3	MLB Rating	67.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0