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Washington Nationals @ Tampa Bay Rays

2018-06-26 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 14289 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:45

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Washington Nationals 1–0. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 1st — Jake Bauers grounds into a force out, second baseman Wilmer Difo to shortstop Trea Turner. Kevin Kiermaier scores. Matt Duffy out at 2nd. Jake Bauers to 1st. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Michael A. Taylor strikes out swinging — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
TBA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5

W: Nathan Eovaldi L: Max Scherzer SV: Sergio Romo

Umpires — HP: Alfonso Marquez · 1B: Roberto Ortiz · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Chad Fairchild · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Adam Eaton	3	0	0	1
Bryce Harper	2	1	2	1
Anthony Rendon	4	0	0	1
Juan Soto	3	1	1	1
Daniel Murphy	4	1	0	0
Trea Turner	3	0	1	1
Michael Taylor	4	0	0	2
Wilmer Difo	3	0	0	2
Pedro Severino	2	0	0	2
Brian Goodwin	1	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin Kiermaier	3	1	1	0	1	0
Matt Duffy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jake Bauers	3	0	0	1	1	0
Wilson Ramos	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joey Wendle	3	0	0	0	0	1
C. J. Cron	4	0	1	0	0	2
Daniel Robertson	2	0	1	0	1	1
Mallex Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0
Adeiny Hechavarria	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Field	0	0	0	0	1	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Scherzer	7.0	4	3	4
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	1	1	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nathan Eovaldi	6.0	1	2	9
Diego Castillo	2.0	0	1	1
Jose Alvarado	0.0	2	1	0
Chaz Roe	0.1	0	0	1
Sergio Romo	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Adam Eaton: 6/F6D
Bryce Harper: K
Anthony Rendon: 53/G56+

Bot 1

Kevin Kiermaier: S9/L89S+
Matt Duffy: S9/G4+.1-3
Jake Bauers: 46(1)/FO/G34.3-H
Wilson Ramos: 3/F34-
Joey Wendle: 13/G13

Top 2

Juan Soto: K
Daniel Murphy: 5/F5-
Trea Turner: K

Bot 2

C. J. Cron: K
Daniel Robertson: W
Mallex Smith: 9/F89XD+
Adeiny Hechavarria: 7/F7M

Top 3

Michael Taylor: 43/G4
Wilmer Difo: K
Pedro Severino: K

Bot 3

Kevin Kiermaier: 8/F8LM
Matt Duffy: 63/G6
Jake Bauers: W
Wilson Ramos: SB2
Wilson Ramos: 63/G6+

Top 4

Adam Eaton: HP
Bryce Harper: W.1-2
Anthony Rendon: 9/F89M
Juan Soto: CS3(2).1-2
Juan Soto: W
Daniel Murphy: 63/G6MD+

Bot 4

Joey Wendle: 5/F5F-
C. J. Cron: 43/G6M
Daniel Robertson: K

Top 5

Trea Turner: 53/G6S-
Michael Taylor: K
Wilmer Difo: K

Bot 5

Mallex Smith: 3/G3-
Adeiny Hechavarria: 2/F23-
Kevin Kiermaier: W
Matt Duffy: SB2
Matt Duffy: 3/F3F-

Top 6

Pedro Severino: K
Adam Eaton: K
Bryce Harper: D7/F7LD+
Anthony Rendon: 53/G56+

Bot 6

Jake Bauers: 43/G34
Wilson Ramos: 8/F89XD+
Joey Wendle: K

Top 7

Juan Soto: 43/G4
Daniel Murphy: 43/G4+
Trea Turner: W
Michael Taylor: 5/L5S+

Bot 7

C. J. Cron: S8/L4MD-
Daniel Robertson: S8/L6MD.1-2
Mallex Smith: 14/SH/BG15S.2-3;1-2
Adeiny Hechavarria: K
Kevin Kiermaier: 5/F5F-

Top 8

Wilmer Difo: 43/G34
Brian Goodwin: K
Adam Eaton: 53/G5+

Bot 8

Matt Duffy: 3/L3-
Jake Bauers: 63/G4+
Wilson Ramos: S9/L4D-
Johnny Field: W.1-2
C. J. Cron: K

Top 9

Bryce Harper: W
Anthony Rendon: K
Juan Soto: S8/L6MD-.1-2
Daniel Murphy: S7/F56D-.2-3;1-2
Trea Turner: 9/F4D-
Michael Taylor: K

Notes & reviews

Harper broke for 2nd, thinking it was a double steal, but took a few steps and stopped; Harper stayed on second and catcher Ramos ran out to tage Eaton at shortstop position when he had nowhere to go; originally scored as out advancing, changed to caught stealing on 06-27-2018

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