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Maikel Franco had three weeks without hitting the ball out of the park.
Patrick Corbin pitched Six effective innings, Josh Bell connected. a two-run double and catcher Kelbert Ruiz threw out an RBI double. Nick Senzel from first base to close out the game when the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Sunday. behind Senzel to Bell. His dive tag and Senzel’s dive back to first raised a cloud of dirt, but first base umpire Andy Fletcher made the call that survived. to a Reds challenge and video review.
“That was a weird play, a lot of dirt,” Bell said with a laugh. “That was a fun way to end.”
“I saw him take a big lead,” Ruiz said through an interpreter. “Me and (Bell) just looked at each other and started playing.” as “an unbelievably hand-to-hand play.”
Senzel believed Fletcher was wrong. on the call and blamed himself. to himself same.
“It should never happen, but that was a design move called. They made a good move, but it never should have happened… I was safe,” Senzel said. “He never tagged me.”
Reds manager David Bell said the players “have to be aware of a lot” of the game. in that situation and what happens, but “it is not an excuse”.
Earlier in the game, Maikel Franco connected. hit a home run for the first time since May 14, and Washington took advantage of it. Cincinnati’s two errors in the fourth inning.
The three-game losing streak is the longest for the Reds since losing nine in a row in late April and early May. Washington’s three-game winning streak follows a four-game losing streak.
“There’s no easy way to lose when you’re doing everything you can to win games,” Bell said. “The appearance is that everything is reduced to a play. That is not the case at all. There are a lot of things that went into what happened. this weekend.”
Corbin (2-8) overcame nine Cincinnati hits and three runs in the first inning in the first to turn over five scoreless innings. Corbin, who walked no one and struck out to five, he allowed 21 hits in 10 1/3 innings in his last two starts.
“He did a great job fighting back from giving up three runs,” Martinez said, adding: that it was crucial for Corbin to make six. “We needed that input. Our bullpen is shattered. He gave us what we needed.”
Víctor Arano and Erasmo Ramírez combined to pitch the seventh and eighth before Stephen Cishek topped a walk and a hit inside out of Senzel’s infield for his first save since 2019, when he was with the Cubs.
Luis Castillo (2-3) made his sixth start and allowed a second save. He walked a season-high four in 6 1/3 innings while falling to 0-5 in six career starts against the Nationals. Castillo allowed six hits and five runs, three earned, with six strikeouts.
For the Nationals, Franco, a solo home run in four at-bats, Nelson Cruz 4-1 and Juan Soto 4-0.< /p>
In the losing cause, Arístides Aquino 2-1.