Madison Bumgarner allowed two runs on four hits over a season-high eight innings, and Carson Kelly homered to lead the host Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night in Phoenix.
It was the third win in four starts in July for Bumgarner (6-9), who struck out a season-high nine batters. He didn't walk anyone but did hit two batters.
Alek Thomas went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Jake McCarthy had two hits, including a double, and Geraldo Perdomo added two RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who improved to 2-0 after the All-Star break.
Victor Robles had two hits, including a home run, and scored twice for Washington. Anibal Sanchez (0-2), making just his second start since Sept. 26, 2020, suffered the loss, allowing three runs on six hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out four.
Arizona took a 1-0 lead in the first on a sacrifice fly by David Peralta, driving in Alek Thomas, who had singled.
Kelly made it 2-0 in the second when he led off with his fifth homer of the season, a 407-foot drive into the bullpen down the left-field line to extend his hitting streak to 12 games.
Washington cut it to 2-1 in the third when Robles led off with a bunt single, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout by Lane Thomas.
The Diamondbacks extended their lead to 3-1 in fourth when Kelly walked, advanced to third on a double by McCarthy and scored on a groundout by Perdomo.
Arizona then broke the game open with a four-run sixth, with all the runs scoring with two outs. McCarthy and Perdomo each had an RBI single, while Alek Thomas lined a two-run double that one-hopped the fence in left.
Robles made it 7-2 in the eighth when he lined his third homer of the season into the left-field bleachers.
Juan Soto went 0-for-4 to have his season-best 27-game on-base streak snapped. Soto, who had a streak of 44 consecutive at-bats without a strikeout, whiffed his final three at-bats.
--Field Level Media
Washington | Arizona | |
Anibal Sanchez | Player | Madison Bumgarner |
Loss | W/L | Win |
5.0 | IP | 8.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 9 |
6 | Hits | 4 |
5.40 | ERA | 2.25 |
Washington | Arizona | |
Victor Robles | Player | Alek Thomas |
2 | Hits | 3 |
1 | RBI | 2 |
1 | HR | 0 |
5 | TB | 4 |
.667 | Avg | .750 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Washington | 4 | 1 | 7 | .133 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Arizona | 10 | 1 | 15 | .312 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |