WSH 3, NYY 4 | May 8, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, May 8, 2021•Yankee Stadium•52°F, Cloudy

WSH

Nationals

NYY

Yankees

Final

WIN

Justin Wilson

LOSS

Tanner Rainey

The Yankees edged the Nationals 4-3 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Victor Robles3-for-4, 0 RBI

⚾Max Scherzer7.1 IP, 1 ER, 14 K

Key Moment

Bot 9: Gleyber Torres singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Soto. DJ LeMahieu scores. Aaron Judge to 2nd.

Weather: 52°F, CloudyWind: 9 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 3:50Att: 10,850Venue: Yankee Stadium

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Alfonso Márquez

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91.7%C

16 missed calls

+6.9% WSH

+0.71 runs NYY

Win Probability

NYY WinWSH Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
WSH	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	0
NYY	0	0	1

Game 634221 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Washington Nationals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Trea TurnerSS	4	0	1	1	0	0	.293/.336/.509	105.4	.387	.379
Josh Harrison2B	5	0	0	0	0	3	.305/.394/.463	95.1	.160	.250
Juan SotoRF	3	0	0	1	2	0	.279/.392/.459	94.1	.082	.081
Ryan Zimmerman1B	5	0	1	0	0	2	.304/.339/.554	103.4	.340	.315
Josh BellDH	5	0	0	0	0	4	.135/.207/.297	93	.071	.094
Jordy MercerLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.360/.375	-	-	-
Starlin Castro3B	4	0	1	1	1	1	.269/.314/.352	101.1	.261	.241
Yan GomesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266/.299/.484	-	-	-
Victor RoblesCF	4	1	3	0	0	1	.244/.356/.291	98.7	.490	.470
Bench
Kyle SchwarberLF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.190/.269/.333	116.6	.341	.523
Alex AvilaC	3	0	1	0	1	2	.158/.360/.263
Totals	38	3	8	3	4	14	-	-	-	-

2B:Schwarber

TB:9

RBI:Castro; Soto; Turner

SB:Robles

SF:Turner

GIDP:Schwarber; Turner

Team LOB:9

New York Yankees

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
DJ LeMahieu2B	4	2	1	0	1	2	.282/.373/.395	100.4	.447

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Max Scherzer	7.1	2	1	1	1	14	1	109-69	88.9	2.33
Daniel HudsonH	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	95.5	1.86
Brad HandBS	1.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	29-16	89	0.82
Kyle Finnegan	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	91	3.07
Tanner RaineyL	0.0	1	1	0	2	0	0	14-5	90.3	9.00
Totals	10.0	6	4	2	4	17	1	174-106	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Hudson 1-0; Finnegan 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Scherzer 109-69; Hudson 7-5; Hand 29-16; Finnegan 15-11; Rainey 14-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Scherzer 3-5; Hudson 1-0; Hand 2-0; Finnegan 1-1; Rainey 0-0

New York Yankees

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Corey Kluber	5.2	6	2	2	3	6	0	101-64	86.3	3.06

Top 3 • WSH

1-0

Juan Soto walks. Victor Robles scores. Trea Turner to 3rd. Josh Harrison to 2nd.

Bot 3 • NYY

1-1

Kyle Higashioka homers (5) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 97.1 mph💣 363 ftLA: 36°

Top 6 • WSH

2-1

Starlin Castro singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Brett Gardner. Kyle Schwarber scores.

EV: 101.1 mph58 ftLA: 2°

Bot 9 • NYY

2-2

Gleyber Torres singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Soto. DJ LeMahieu scores. Aaron Judge to 2nd.

EV: 70.8 mph202 ftLA: 21°

Top 10 • WSH

3-2

Trea Turner out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Aaron Judge. Andrew Stevenson scores.

EV: 95.0 mph286 ftLA: 18°

Bot 10 • NYY

3-3

Mike Ford singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Kyle Schwarber. Clint Frazier scores.

EV: 102.7 mph103 ftLA: 4°

Bot 11 • NYY

3-4

Gleyber Torres singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Tanner Rainey. DJ LeMahieu scores. Giancarlo Stanton to 3rd. Aaron Judge to 2nd.

EV: 49.5 mph3 ftLA: -64°

Bench
Brett GardnerCF	3	0	0	0	0	3	.190/.269/.224	108.6	-	-
Tyler Wade2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200/.273/.200	87.2	.233	.250
Corey KluberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chad GreenP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Lucas LuetgeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Aroldis ChapmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Justin WilsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Washington Nationals

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Washington Nationals

New York Yankees

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