The Washington Nationals beat the Athletics 8-2 on Aug 11, 2023 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Shea Langeliers went 2-for-3 for the Athletics.
- Paul Blackburn pitched 5.2 innings for the Athletics, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Ildemaro Vargas went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Nationals.
- Robert Garcia pitched 1.2 innings for the Nationals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
Athletics box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esteury Ruiz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Bleday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lawrence Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shea Langeliers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zack Gelof | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Blackburn | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Washington Nationals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Meneses | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominic Smith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Call | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Garcia | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Ferrer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2023 season · Previous Aug 9, 2023: TEX 0, ATH 2 · Next Aug 12, 2023: ATH 2, WSH 3
- Nationals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 10, 2023: WSH 2, PHI 6 · Next Aug 12, 2023: ATH 2, WSH 3