Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Washington 6,
Boston 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Alex Mackay, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 26507
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Alex Mackay, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 26507
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Rob Refsnyder | LF-CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .251 |
| Justin Turner | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .285 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .262 |
| Trevor Story | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .269 |
| Adam Duvall | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| Masataka Yoshida | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Pablo Reyes | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .321 |
| Triston Casas | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 |
| Connor Wong | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .242 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Pablo Reyes (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Justin Turner, Alex Verdugo, Pablo Reyes 4, Triston Casas | |||||||||
| RBI - Pablo Reyes 2 (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Masataka Yoshida (52) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Rob Refsnyder (5), Trevor Story (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Paxton | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3.34 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.96 |
| Garrett Whitlock (L 5-4) | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5.60 |
| HBP - Joey Meneses (by Whitlock) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Paxton 92-62, John Schreiber 14-12, Garrett Whitlock 25-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Paxton 9-2, John Schreiber 2-1, Garrett Whitlock 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Paxton 24, John Schreiber 4, Garrett Whitlock 7 | ||||||||
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| CJ Abrams | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .253 |
| Lane Thomas | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Joey Meneses | DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .255 |
| Stone Garrett | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| Dominic Smith | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Michael Chavis | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .264 |
| Alex Call | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .198 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Joey Meneses (27) | |||||||||
| HR - Keibert Ruiz (15), Stone Garrett 2 (9), Michael Chavis (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Lane Thomas 2, Joey Meneses 3, Keibert Ruiz 4, Stone Garrett 8, Ildemaro Vargas, Michael Chavis 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Keibert Ruiz 3 (49), Stone Garrett 2 (37), Michael Chavis (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Keibert Ruiz 2 (37) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - CJ Abrams (31, 2nd off Paxton/Wong) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| MacKenzie Gore | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4.38 |
| Jordan Weems (BS 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.82 |
| Jose A. Ferrer (W 2-0) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.44 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Pitches-Strikes - MacKenzie Gore 85-56, Jordan Weems 11-6, Jose A. Ferrer 10-7, Kyle Finnegan 19-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - MacKenzie Gore 6-4, Jordan Weems 1-1, Jose A. Ferrer 0-0, Kyle Finnegan 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - MacKenzie Gore 21, Jordan Weems 4, Jose A. Ferrer 3, Kyle Finnegan 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Jordan Weems 1-0 | ||||||||