Major League Baseball
Oakland 10, Washington 6
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Jeremie Rehak, 1B - Chris Conroy, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Carlos Torres
Attendance: 26321

Sean Murphy hit a fifth-inning grand slam and finished with five RBIs in the Oakland Athletics' 10-6 victory over the host Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

Murphy's 17th home run of the season stretched Oakland's lead to 10-5, helping the Athletics to their first three-game winning streak in a month.

Tony Kemp and Dermis Garcia, who smacked his first career home run, both drove in two runs for the A's. Murphy and Kemp each had three hits as Oakland posted a double-digit run total for just the fourth time this season.

The Nationals failed to protect a three-run lead they possessed after two innings. Lane Thomas and Luis Garcia hit solo homers for Washington, while rookie Joey Meneses hit three doubles.

Cole Irvin (7-11) picked up the victory despite allowing five runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one in his shortest outing in 12 starts.

Athletics reliever Austin Pruitt worked two innings of one-run ball before Kirby Snead and Domingo Acevedo finished.

Nationals starter Erick Fedde (5-9) remained winless since June 21. He surrendered six runs on nine hits in 2 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking one.

Murphy got the scoring started with a first-inning RBI single. In the bottom of the inning, Thomas led off with his 14th homer of the season, and Nelson Cruz hit a sacrifice fly later in the inning for a 2-1 lead.

The Nationals tacked on two runs in the second inning on an RBI single from Thomas and a run-scoring double from Meneses.

Then came Oakland's five-run third inning, with Dermis Garcia, playing in his 11th major league game, supplying the highlight with a two-run homer. Nick Allen singled home a run, and Kemp added a two-run double.

Menesses, who finished 3-for-5, doubled home a run in the fourth as Washington cut the gap to 6-5.

Murphy's slam came off reliever Steve Cishek, who was charged with all four runs in the inning.

Luis Garcia's consolation solo shot came in the eighth off Pruitt.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Washington
Cole Irvin Player Erick Fedde
Win W/L Loss
5.1 IP 2.2
6 Strikeouts 4
9 Hits 9
8.44 ERA 20.25
Hitting
Oakland   Washington
Tony Kemp Player Joey Meneses
3 Hits 3
2 RBI 2
0 HR 0
5 TB 6
.750 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 13 2 22 .333 19 10 10 6 0 0
Washington 11 2 20 .306 16 10 6 1 0 0