00:01And Mackenzie Gore will make his fourth career start against the Giants.
00:04He's beaten them two out of three.
00:0523rd start on the year 6 and 9.
00:07Tyler Fitzgerald has been arguably the hottest hitter in the game.
00:11Swing and Fitzgerald drives it to deep center.
00:13Going back, Jacob Young still back, has a play.
00:16Shine the warning track.
00:17He makes the catch just to the left of dead center field.
00:20Elliot Ramos, who's missed the last couple of games with an injured thumb.
00:25Ramos to right center field.
00:27And deep, and this one is gone.
00:30Elliot Ramos must be feeling good.
00:33That's the Ramos swing we've seen all year long.
00:36His 16th home run of the year.
00:39It's 1-0 Giants.
00:41Well, you talked about it.
00:42He's bouncing around, feeling good.
00:44He said, let me just show Dave Fleming.
00:45Let me go 428, just right, a dead center.
00:483-1 challenge fastball up in the zone.
00:51You're going to get a lot of them when you face Gore.
00:53He gets one here and does not miss.
00:55Third out can be elusive sometimes.
00:57Giants got something cruising here now.
00:59A couple runners are in front of a guy that's been swinging a hot bat.
01:02Conforto had a big hit in last night's game.
01:04And he drives that one out to deep right center field.
01:08It is gone!
01:09Michael Conforto was not waiting around.
01:13My goodness, what a shot that was.
01:15A three-run homer, the second Giants home run of the first inning, and it's 4-0.
01:22Well, coming into the game, lefties are hitting 3-11 off of Gore and off first pitches, 4-29.
01:28And it is only going up from there.
01:30Conforto wasting no time.
01:32Gets foreseen velocity right down the middle.
01:35Did not miss that one.
01:36And we talk about how quickly that scoreboard comes into play.
01:39How you can get it on out of there.
01:40It's a little nitro zone.
01:41Giants 4-0.
01:42Girard and Carnazion.
01:44McKenzie Gore's got to be stunned.
01:45Now ground ball deep into the hole.
01:47It's short.
01:47Diving to his right and not getting it is Abrams.
01:50He comes up empty.
01:51That's a base hit.
01:52And Carnazion will stop at second.
01:55Giants are going to send their ninth hitter to the plate in the first inning.
01:59They just won't make the third out.
02:01Swing and a foul tip into the strikeout.
02:03Nine Giants bat, two homers.
02:05Ramos, Conforto, and a four spot early for San Francisco.
02:09Tate Birdsong, great to see the 22-year-old back on the mound.
02:12It's been a few days.
02:13Six starts this year, 3-0 with a 2-9-7.
02:16Two down, and here is Cabret Ruiz.
02:19He's on the ground to short, Fitzgerald is going to run there himself.
02:23Good thing he's fast.
02:24And that's out number three.
02:26So a good shutdown inning for Aiden Birdsong.
02:28So James Wood on base 10 games in a row, over 360 during that time.
02:32No homers, but that's fine.
02:33He's driving the ball.
02:35Bunch of extra base hits.
02:36That ball makes a loud sound on a high drive to left.
02:40Conforto back, and he cannot get it.
02:43That's high off the wall.
02:45Center fielder Ramos helping out.
02:47And yeah, James Wood lately, not a homer, but that's his third triple over these last 10 games.
02:54The Nationals, with their first hit, have a runner at third with nobody out here at the bottom of the
02:59second inning.
02:59One of those patented Wood high fly balls to left field.
03:02This one just didn't carry out of the park.
03:03Conforto got back near the wall.
03:06The ball hitting off the top of the fence, carried well on by him.
03:08So with Wood's speed, that's an easy triple.
03:10Lankenhorn pretty much has to make contact to get an RBI here.
03:14And there's the RBI by making contact.
03:17First baseman, Wade, to the pitcher Birdsong.
03:20The Nats on the board, and Travis Blankenhorn has his third RBI in seven games.
03:24Two straight walks issued by Birdsong, and Jacob Young will come up with runners first and second and one out.
03:30Young stays with that one and hits it up the middle.
03:33Alex Cole will score.
03:35Vargas stops at second, and the Nats have the line moving here.
03:39Still only one out in a two-run inning.
03:41Well, great job by Jacob Young to make the bat his.
03:44Chased a couple down in the zone, and then out one off.
03:48Stayed off a pitch out of the zone, and then gets a curveball up in the zone.
03:51Enough for the knock.
03:53Abrams popped up to the third baseman, Chapman, to start the first inning.
03:56Chance to deliver a big blow here.
03:58Abrams to right, high in the air, approaching the scoreboard.
04:04See you later.
04:07And now the Nats have a big fly to take the lead.
04:10Bang!
04:11Zoom goes C.J. Abrams with a towering high fly ball home run over the big wall in right field.
04:18A three-run homer, his 17th home run of the year,
04:21and the Nationals have played it five here in the bottom of the second inning to take the lead.
04:26It's Washington five and San Francisco four on a three-run homer for C.J. Abrams.
04:34Can Fordo come into third?
04:35He'll get the stop sign.
04:36Encarnacion into second with a laser double.
04:40Number nine hitter is Casey Schmidt.
04:41Mackenzie Gore struck him out, ending the first inning.
04:44That's popped up to right for Alex Call.
04:48And again, it takes Mackenzie Gore a minute with the walk and the double,
04:51but the zero and the Nats hold on to the lead.
04:54K.Bert Ruiz leads off, switch hitting catcher.
04:57And K.Bert Ruiz puts a charge into one.
05:00Deep right field.
05:01See you later.
05:04That's number nine for him in the Nats lead.
05:08Six to four.
05:09Well, the ball carrying well tonight.
05:10Ruiz has been swinging it much better.
05:13Abley Nats have hit some up-and-flight against Birdsong.
05:16Melvin's coming out, and now Rodriguez will come in.
05:19And you feel for Hayden Birdsong, who's been so good as a young big leaguer.
05:24And that's the toughest start of his young major league career.
05:27Andy Rodriguez, the Giants would like to get a few innings out of Rodriguez.
05:31He's pitched multiple innings on several occasions.
05:34Wood on the move, and that throw is to the correct side of the bag.
05:38But it's skipped away from Fitzgerald, and James Wood has his fourth big league steal.
05:44Rodriguez gets his first strikeout, and Wood anchored to second.
05:47Brings in Alex Call.
05:49It's that ball hard.
05:50It's hooking away from the center fielder.
05:52And things going all the way to the wall.
05:54Wood will score.
05:55Call into second.
05:57Yeah, definitely the call.
06:00And the Nats lead seven to four.
06:02Alex with his sixth RBI of the year.
06:04You get something out a little bit closer to you, more middle of the plate.
06:07Nice job, stays behind it nicely, plays it through it.
06:09Well, it's a little bit of a late jump on that one.
06:12Take it.
06:13Still only one out, and here's Zildemar O'Vargas.
06:15That one off the end of the bat, and a ways to go for Fitzgerald.
06:20Safe is the call at first.
06:22Now the Nats are going to send up their sixth batter this end, and that's Jacob Young.
06:26Chapman crashing in.
06:27Wade is going to flip home the tag, and they got him at home.
06:31So it wasn't a great bunt, but it was also a nice play by Lamont Wade Jr.
06:36to get the second out.
06:37Bases loaded.
06:38Juan Lopez with two outs.
06:40Out to left center.
06:42Ramos is going to get to this one.
06:44Finally, out number three.
06:46Long way to go.
06:47It's only the fourth inning.
06:48Tyler Fitzgerald against Mackenzie Gore, the starter.
06:51Fitzgerald lights it into left field base hit.
06:54So Tyler Fitzgerald with another hit, his first of the game.
06:57So here is Ramos.
06:59That's a base hit to left field for Ramos, and it goes right by Wood.
07:05He's got to go get it, and Fitzgerald, who's very fast, comes all the way around to score.
07:10Ramos stops at second, and they've gotten one of those runs back.
07:14Seven to five, Washington.
07:15He hits a soft-speed pitch in the left field, and it just goes right up Wood's arm, off the
07:20glove,
07:21and it just rolls with Fitzgerald's speed, no doubt about it.
07:24But now Ramos gets in a scoring position.
07:26Without a move, Ramos over to third, as Garcia throws out Wade.
07:30Fastball, strike three, called.
07:32That one a little bit lower.
07:34Chapa may have thought it was outside.
07:35He is caught looking for the second out of the inning.
07:38Let's see if Canna can get a big hit for the Giants.
07:41Canna to right, and Alex Cole comes over to grab it.
07:44It's a big out.
07:45First and third.
07:46So that's out number one, and we'll bring in Travis Blankenhorn.
07:49And that'll keep the Nats out of a double play, and a run will score.
07:55Second time tonight, Travis Blankenhorn has a very productive ground ball out.
08:00Michael Goodfordo on base for the third time.
08:03He's got his second extra base hit.
08:05Two outs here in the fifth.
08:06Swing and a high fly ball.
08:09Shallow right.
08:10Cole in and toward the line has a play, and he makes the catch.
08:13And Taylor Rodgers trying to bail the Giants out here.
08:16Facing the left-handed hitting, Luis Garcia, first and third, two outs.
08:20Swing and a miss, strike three.
08:22Okay, Taylor Rodgers came to play tonight.
08:25Jelly will come in with two on and one out to face Alex Cole.
08:28Alex Cole puts a charge into that one, and going back and not able to catch it is Ramos.
08:34Wood will score.
08:36Ramirez to third.
08:37He'll be held.
08:39Alex Cole has his second RBI double of the night, and this guy just keeps on reeking.
08:45Grossest ball up the middle.
08:47I mean, you love him staying inside the ball nicely.
08:50Get the backspin on it.
08:51Rockets out there.
08:52Into the Nationals bullpen for an automatic double for K-Bert-Ruiz.
08:56Now bring up James Wood.
08:57Wood has a triple over the left fielder's head back in the second.
09:01He scored.
09:02It's got a loud sound.
09:04It's got a high look.
09:05Say you way later.
09:10Goodness gracious, James Wood.
09:12And all three of his big league homers have gone the other way.
09:15They haven't gone like that.
09:17Good Lord.
09:18He scores his fourth run of the night.
09:20RBIs 22 and 23.
09:23And the Nationals now lead by the score of 11 to 5.
09:27What a blast by James Wood.
09:29And with two down, here comes Matt Chapman.
09:31The Giants are trailing 11 to 5.
09:33Swing!
09:33And a missed ball game over.
09:35And a curly W's in the books.
09:38Put up some big numbers tonight.
09:39They hit three home runs.
09:41They put 11 runs on the board.
09:43And they take game two of this series from the San Francisco Giants.
09:47And they take game two of these series from the San Francisco Giants.
09:47And they take game two of these series from the San Francisco Giants.
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