San Francisco Giants vs Washington Nationals Match Player Stats On Aug 13, 2017 Game 2

The Sports Xchange
Aug 13, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Howie Kendrick hit a walk-off grand slam in the 11th inning as the Washington Nationals defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-2 Sunday night, earning a split of a day-night doubleheader.

Daniel Murphy (two hits) singled off Albert Suarez to begin the 11th, took third on a bloop single by Ryan Zimmerman (three hits) and then scored the winning run after an intentional walk to Anthony Rendon.

Kendrick's blast to left on a 2-2 pitch from Suarez (0-2) ended the game.

The winning pitcher was Matt Albers (6-2), who pitched two scoreless innings.

The Giants won the first game 4-2 as Joe Panik went 3-for-4 with a walk and drove in two runs. Chris Stratton threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings for his first major league win.

In the top of the seventh in the second game, the Giants' Pablo Sandoval hit a long homer to right off Max Scherzer to tie the game at 2-2. It was Sandoval's first homer since rejoining San Francisco after he spent 2 1/2 seasons with the Boston Red Sox.

Ryan Zimmerman lined a solo homer into the bullpen in left to give the Nationals a 2-1 lead in the sixth.

Zimmerman, who is second in Montreal/Washington franchise history in hits, smashed his 27th homer against Giants starter Matt Moore with two outs. Moore gave up two runs in seven innings with nine strikeouts. He has not won a game since June 20 at Atlanta.

Scherzer allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings and fanned 10 before Brandon Kintzler pitched a perfect eighth. Scherzer, who threw 107 pitches, has fanned 10 batters or more 13 times this year and 62 times in his career.

Denard Span, a former Nationals outfielder, was 2-for-5 for the Giants in the nightcap while Panik was 2-for-4.

The first-place Nationals (70-46) are 5-1 this year against the last-place Giants (47-72), who are 20-40 on the road. The Nationals have not lost at home in a game started by Scherzer since June 11 against the Texas Rangers.

Murphy hit a solo homer to left off Moore in the third inning to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead. It was the 20th home of the year for Murphy, who had not gone deep since Aug. 4 in Chicago against the Cubs.

The Giants tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the fourth as Span had an infield single and scored on a single by Hunter Pence against Scherzer. Center field Michael A. Taylor, activated earlier Sunday from a minor league rehab stint, threw out Panik at the plate on the play to keep the game tied.

NOTES: Washington RF Bryce Harper (hyperextended left knee) went on the 10-day disabled list Sunday and OF Michael A. Taylor was activated after missing more than a month with a right oblique strain. Harper was injured while running out a groundball Saturday, but he may not be lost for the season. "We dodged a bullet," Washington GM Mike Rizzo said. ... The Giants called up INF Orlando Calixte from Triple-A Sacramento as the 26th man for the day-night doubleheader. The Nationals called on C Pedro Severino from Triple-A Syracuse for the same role. ... San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy and Washington manager Dusty Baker each have 1,836 career wins. ... Giants LHP Ty Blach (8-7, 4.15 ERA) will face Marlins LHP Adam Conley (4-5, 5.43 ERA) on Monday in Miami.