Washington Nationals at Colorado Rockies

· Doubleheader - Game 1

Washington Nationals

9-12, 4-8 Away

Final
3 - 2

Colorado Rockies

3-17, 2-6 Home

Irvin strikes out 9, Nationals beat Rockies 3-2

Irvin (2-0) scattered three hits and was one strikeout shy of tying his career-high, which came on June 23, 2024, at Coors Field.

Zac Veen and Braxton Fulford each clubbed their first major league home runs for the Rockies, who have lost eight straight

Veen led off the third with a 412-foot shot into the seats in right and Fulford sent a 433-foot homer — his first big-league hit — into the left-field seats leading off the sixth. Fulford also had three throwing errors.

Colorado starter Kyle Freeland (0-4) left the game after two innings with a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand. He warmed up for the top of the third but was pulled before the start of the inning.

The Nationals scored three times in the second inning on a pair of errors by Fulford. The catcher’s throw to third to cut down Dylan Crews’ steal attempt sailed into left field for the first run.

Washington loaded the bases later in the inning and Fulford’s relay throw to first on a double-play ball went over Michael Toglia’s head, bringing home two more.

Key moment Kyle Finnegan uncorked a wild pitch on a third strike to Hunter Goodman in the ninth inning, which allowed Ryan McMahon to go from first to third. Finnegan got Nick Martini to ground out for his eighth save.

Key stats Finnegan now has 96 career saves with the Nationals, which is second in club history since the team moved to Washington.

Up next The teams will wrap up the series in the nightcap of the split doubleheader, with the Nationals sending RHP Brad Lord (0-1, 4.82 ERA) to the mound while the Rockies counter with RHP Antonio Senzatela (0-3, 5.89).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Martini grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Goodman struck out swinging, McMahon to third on wild pitch by Finnegan.
	9th Inning	McMahon walked.
	9th Inning	Farmer grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Ferrer
	9th Inning	Nuñez grounded out to second.

Statistics

WSH		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
5	Strikeouts	12
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	4
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	10
36	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
1.8	Runs Created	1.5
.188	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.188	Slugging Percentage	.333
.156	Secondary Average	.267
.278	On Base Percentage	.188
.465	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.521
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
14.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.000	Isolated Power	.200
0.80	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.133
3.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
67.5	MLB Rating	68.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0