The Washington Nationals won the first two games of their three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates with an unsustainable formula – leaving runners in the scoring position early, only to take clutch hits slowly to get away with little. So, the hosts went for a more conventional route on Wednesday in Nationals Park, hitting 16 hits. The problem was that Brian Reynolds fired three home games, almost preventing Washington from completing a series of scans on an 8-7 Pirates victory. The Nationals entered Wednesday 2 for 22 with runners in scoring position in the first two games, but won both. Washington finished 7-14 in the matinee and still lost. Reynolds damaged three different pitchers – a two-wheeled home in the center-left by Paolo Espino in the first inning, a solo shot to the right by Carl Edwards Jr. in the sixth before closing the afternoon with a three-pointer explosion at seventh, an opposing pitch hit the visitors ‘stick which made Kyle Finnegan hang his head the second time his pitch came in contact with Reynolds’ bat. The last Homer proved the difference, despite the fact that the Nationals (29-49) made the late innings interesting. Nationals fans watch the pitchers start badly, one stink at a time Yadiel Hernandez scored a home solo in the seventh to bring the Nationals to one. They loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, but Luis Garcia threw to the left to end the threat. “Even in the last period, I thought we would come back and at least equalize the game, but it did not happen,” said manager Dave Martinez. “I’m proud of the way the boys play.” Defeat in a run was even harder to swallow, given what happened at the end of the fifth inning. With runners second and third and one out, Josh Bell caught a sinking from Ke’Bryan Hayes. Both runners took off on the crib, so Bell threw in the third key player Ehire Adrianza for the obvious third out. Adrianza first spotted Hoy Park before the third base. The referees said they never saw Adrianza pointing to the base, although Adrianza said after the game he did. Rule 5.09 (c) (4) stipulates that a defensive team must formally drop an appeal or tag a runner who leaves the base too early, even if it could technically be described as the “fourth out” of an inning. . Jack Swinski scored from the third right before Park was marked, and because the Nationals did not formally object to his early departure, the series counted. However, Washington had many opportunities in a back-and-forth game. Because the Nationals put Cade Cavalli, Cole Henry and Brady House on hold After Reynolds’ first fight at home, Washington recorded five hits from the protagonist of the Pirates, Mitch Keller. Bell doubled and Nelson Cruz stood out on the next court to score Bell. Then, Cruz came in to score the single by Cambert Ruiz and scored the 2nd game. Juan Soto, who came in on Wednesday hitting 7 for 56 (.125) with the runners in the scoring position, doubled with two outs in the second inning to score Adrianza. But the Pirates took the lead back after Daniel Vogelbach’s home run in the fourth off Espino and the strange series that led to a run in the fifth. The Nationals pushed in front of the bottom of the inning behind the shots of Ruiz and Yadiel Hernandez and both had the opportunity to score in the bloop single of César Hernández with two outs. Ruiz thought there was a throw in the inning and waited for the ball to drop, so Hernandez was just behind him and they both ran for the goal. Ruiz just won the throw from the left field, but Hernandez was left out. Reynolds made it home to each of the next two innings, and the Nationals ran out of answers. “It was his day,” Ruiz said. “We had 16 hits, we had seven runs,” Bell said. “It simply came to our notice then. I mean, there are always opportunities to drive more routes. But I think it seemed like we had a lot to do. And I will leave it at that. “ What else does Rule 5.09 (c) (4) say about the appeal? Abundance. Appeals games may require an umpire to recognize an obvious ‘fourth out’. If the third out occurs during a game in which an appeal game is played to another runner, the decision of the appeal game takes precedence in determining the out. If there is more than one objection during a game that ends at half time, the defense may choose to take the out-of-the-box advantage. For the purposes of this rule, the defensive team has “left the pitch” when the pitcher and all the players on the pitch have left a fair area on their way to the bench or club. How did Mason Thompson start his detox tenure? Thompson (biceps tendonitis) made his third consolation appearance in the last seven days for the AAA Rochester class on Tuesday night. He took two appearances and allowed two hits, but recorded his third goalless draw with the Red Wings. Martinez said his next step would be to play consecutive days and do a lot of innings.
