WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — CJ Abrams and Dylan Crews deed back-to-back homers successful the 5th inning to nonstop the Washington Nationals to a 5-2 triumph implicit the Athletics connected Sunday.
The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.
Foster Griffin (11-2) allowed 1 tally connected 8 hits and struck retired 2 successful 7 innings. His 11th triumph moves him into a necktie for 2nd successful the NL successful the 30-year-old’s archetypal afloat play arsenic an MLB starter aft 3 years successful Japan.
The Nats improved to 12-3-1 successful bid play connected the roadworthy and won their 11th rubber crippled of the year. The A’s person not won a bid since taking 2 of 3 against Colorado successful Las Vegas June 12-14.
Curtis Mead started the scoring with an RBI groundout successful the third, but Tyler Soderstrom’s RBI azygous tied the crippled for the A’s.
Harry Ford gave Washington the pb for bully with a treble successful the 4th that drove successful Crews.
Abrams sent Elvis Alvarado’s four-seamer 422 feet to straightaway halfway to widen the pb to three, and Crews tacked connected a 362-foot solo changeable 2 pitches later.
Abrams acceptable a vocation precocious with his 21st homer.
Clayton Beeter worked 1 1/3 innings, allowing 1 tally but striking retired 2 for his eighth save.
A’s starter Jacob Lopez (4-4) allowed 2 hits and 2 runs successful 4 1/3 innings of work. He struck retired six and walked two. Shea Langeliers and Alika Williams each had 2 hits.
Up next
The A’s statesman a three-game bid successful Arizona connected Monday, wherever LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-9, 6.08 ERA) faces LHP Mitch Bratt (0-0, 6.00).
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