WSH 11, HOU 7 | Mar 17, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Friday, March 17, 2023•The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches•78°F, Partly Cloudy

WSH

Nationals

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

José A. Ferrer

LOSS

Devin Conn

The Nationals defeated the Astros 11-7.

★Darren Baker4 RBI

★Jeremy Peña2 HR, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Darren Baker hits a grand slam (1) to left field. Cody Wilson scores. Ildemaro Vargas scores. Jeter Downs scores.

Weather: 78°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 2:54Att: 3,731Venue: The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Win Probability

HOU WinWSH Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WSH	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	8	11	15	0
HOU	0	0	4	1	0	0	1

Game 719084 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Washington Nationals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Jeter DownsCF	3	1	1	0	0	2	.172/.294/.241
Darren Baker2B	2	2	2	4	0	0	.750/.800/1.500
Riley AdamsC	3	1	1	1	0	0	.217/.280/.652
Daylen LileLF	2	0	1	1	0	1	.625/.625/.625
Michael Chavis1B	1	1	0	0	1	0	.222/.276/.333
Trey Lipscomb3B	0	1	0	0	2	0	.600/.750/1.200
Blake RutherfordRF	2	1	1	1	0	1	.500/.500/.750
Cody WilsonDH	1	2	1	2	0	0	1.000/1.000/2.000
Ildemaro VargasSS	3	1	2	1	0	0	.273/.368/.333
Bench
Alex CallCF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.371/.439/.486
Luis García Jr.2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.297/.350/.514
Keibert RuizC
Totals	42	11	15	11	3	10	-

HR:Jr. (3rd off Brown, 0 on, 2 out); Adams (6th off Gage, 0 on, 1 out); Baker (9th off Conn, 3 on, 0 out)

2B:Wilson

TB:25

RBI:Vargas; Lile; Jr.; Adams; Wilson 2; Rutherford; Baker 4

Team LOB:8

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Justin DirdenCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.333/.478/.722
Hector NievesSS	1	0

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
MacKenzie Gore	4.0	9	5	5	2	3	2	40-28	7.07
Carl Edwards Jr.	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	7.20
Alex Colomé	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11-3	7.04
Kyle Finnegan	0.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	12-8	1.93
Thaddeus Ward	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	4.70
José A. FerrerW	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	7-7	1.93
Jesús Liranzo	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	0.00
Totals	9.0	13	7	7	5	8	2	81-57	-

WP:Finnegan

Inherited runners-scored:Ward 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Gore 40-28; Jr. 5-5; Colomé 11-3; Finnegan 12-8; Ward 1-1; Ferrer 7-7; Liranzo 5-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Gore 3-5; Jr. 1-1; Colomé 1-2; Finnegan 0-0; Ward 1-0; Ferrer 1-1; Liranzo 0-2

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Hunter Brown	4.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	28-26	5.00
Phil Maton

Top 3 • WSH

1-0

Luis Garcia homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.

Bot 3 • HOU

1-2

Jeremy Pena homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Jake Meyers scores.

1-3

David Hensley singles on a line drive to right fielder Stone Garrett. Chas McCormick scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd. Bligh Madris to 2nd.

1-4

C.J. Stubbs out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Alex Call. Alex Bregman scores.

Bot 4 • HOU

1-5

Jeremy Pena homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field.

Top 6 • WSH

2-5

Riley Adams homers (3) on a fly ball to center field.

Bot 7 • HOU

2-6

Cesar Salazar singles on a line drive to right fielder Blake Rutherford. Yainer Diaz scores. Alex Bregman to 3rd.

Top 8 • WSH

3-6

Daylen Lile singles on a line drive to right fielder Corey Julks. Darren Baker scores. Daylen Lile to 2nd.

Bot 8 • HOU

3-7

Yainer Diaz out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Blake Rutherford. Justin Dirden scores.

Top 9 • WSH

11-7

Ildemaro Vargas singles on a line drive to center fielder Justin Dirden. Cody Wilson scores. Ildemaro Vargas to 2nd.

10-7

Cody Wilson doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder J. J. Matijevic. Trey Lipscomb scores. Blake Rutherford scores.

8-7

Blake Rutherford singles on a line drive to right fielder Corey Julks. Michael Chavis scores. Trey Lipscomb to 3rd.

7-7

Darren Baker hits a grand slam (1) to left field. Cody Wilson scores. Ildemaro Vargas scores. Jeter Downs scores.

HR:Peña (3rd off Gore, 1 on, 0 out); Peña (4th off Gore, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Julks

TB:20

RBI:Stubbs; Peña 3; Hensley; Diaz; Salazar

SB:Dirden

SF:Stubbs; Diaz

GIDP:Machado

Team LOB:10

Inherited runners-scored:Betances 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Brown 28-26; Maton 5-5; Gage 10-7; Stanek 7-7; Martinez 11-7; Conn 14-9; Betances 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Brown 2-6; Maton 1-1; Gage 2-0; Stanek 0-2; Martinez 2-0; Conn 1-0; Betances 0-0

Bench
Jake MeyersCF	3	1	2	0	0	0	.292/.346/.333
Jeremy PeñaSS	3	2	3	3	0	0	.316/.316/.737
Chas McCormickRF	2	1	0	0	1	1	.263/.500/.368
José Abreu1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.258/.303/.548
Bligh MadrisLF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.296/.321/.370
David Hensley3B	1	0	1	1	1	0	.333/.448/.583
C.J. StubbsC	1	0	1	1	0	0	.538/.563/.769
Dixon Machado2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200/.304/.300
Hunter BrownP							.000/.000/.000
Phil MatonP							.000/.000/.000
Matt GageP							.000/.000/.000
Ryne StanekP							.000/.000/.000
Seth MartinezP							.000/.000/.000
Devin ConnP							.000/.000/.000
Jose BetancesP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Washington Nationals

Houston Astros

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Houston Astros

Game Notes