WASHINGTON (AP) — Stone Garrett homered in his first major league plate appearance in more than a year in a three-hit, three-RBI effort and the Washington Nationals ended a four-game losing streak with a 9-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night. Luis García Jr., Juan Yepez and Jacob Young each had three hits and Keibert Ruiz drove in three for Washington, which beat Philadelphia for only the third time in 11 meetings this season.
It was the most runs the Nationals have scored in a game since scoring nine at Baltimore on Aug. 13. Washington’s Trevor Williams (6-1) struck out five in five shutout innings and allowed three hits and two walks as he lowered his ERA to 2.
03 over 13 starts. Ranger Suárez (12-8) closed his regular season by allowing six runs in two innings for Philadelphia, which has already clinched the NL East and a playoff bye. “He wasn’t the only one who was rough tonight,” Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson said.
“It wasn’t vintage Phillie baseball, that’s for sure.” The Phillies fell 1 1/2 games the behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the top seed in the National League. The 28-year-old Garrett hadn’t played in the majors since breaking his left leg while trying to rob the New York Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu of a home run on Aug.
23, 2023. He was recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday and didn’t play in three games against Kansas City before serving as the designated hitter against the left-handed Suárez. With Washington .
