The Washington Nationals beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Aug 16, 2023 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Pablo Reyes went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Red Sox.
- James Paxton pitched 6.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Keibert Ruiz went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Nationals.
- MacKenzie Gore pitched 6.1 innings for the Nationals, allowing 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Boston Red Sox 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Story | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Turner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Devers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Verdugo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pablo Reyes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Duvall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Connor Wong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Paxton | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ildemaro Vargas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Meneses | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Call | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie Gore | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ferrer | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
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