Orioles Complete Three-Game Sweep Of Nationals With 5-4 Win

BALTIMORE (AP/WJZ) — Ryan McKenna scored connected a crisp grounder by Ramon Urías for the winning tally arsenic the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game expanse of the Washington Nationals with a 5-4 triumph connected Sunday.

Trey Mancini, Maikel Franco and McKenna deed solo homers for the Orioles, who improved to 1-51 erstwhile trailing aft 8 innings.

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Orioles starter John Means retired 14 of 15 batters until the sixth, erstwhile helium deed Alcides Escobar for the 2nd clip and allowed a azygous to Trea Turner. After getting Juan Soto to alert retired to halfway tract and striking retired Josh Bell, Means allowed a three-run location tally to Ryan Zimmerman that gave Washington a 4-3 lead.

Brad Hand (5-4) deed Franco, gave up a azygous to McKenna and walked Austin Hays to commencement the ninth. Pat Valaika tied the crippled with a sacrifice alert earlier Urías deed a hard crushed shot that was snagged by 3rd baseman Carter Kieboom, who threw to the plate. McKenna slid location with the winning run, and the play was upheld aft a replay review.

Hand blew his 4th prevention accidental successful 24 chances.

Cole Sulser (3-1) earned the triumph by throwing one-third of an inning.

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Means, who made his 2nd commencement for the Orioles since coming disconnected the injured database connected July 20 aft a near enarthrosis strain, allowed 4 runs and 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and 1 locomotion implicit six innings. He besides deed 3 batters.

The Orioles managed their archetypal expanse of Washington astatine Camden Yards since June 2010.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (neck strain) volition spot a specializer Monday. He inactive feels discomfort erstwhile helium throws disconnected the mound. Strasburg has not pitched since June 1. … RHP Max Scherzer played drawback Sunday aft helium was scratched from a scheduled commencement the erstwhile time due to the fact that of close triceps discomfort. Manager Dave Martinez said the squad is inactive evaluating Scherzer.

Orioles: INF Freddy Galvis (right quadriceps) is expected to play rehab games this week and could beryllium backmost successful the lineup by aboriginal August.

UP NEXT

Nationals: RHP Joe Ross (5-8, 4.02 ERA) had nary setbacks during his bullpen league Friday and volition commencement the opener of a four-game bid Monday successful Philadelphia. Ross has been connected the injured database since July 8 with close elbow inflammation.

Orioles: Spenser Watkins (2-0, 1.65) gets the commencement Tuesday against Miami. Watkins is lone the 2nd Orioles pitcher to let 1 earned tally oregon less successful his archetypal 3 large league starts, joining Dean Kremer.

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