Ruf night for Nats

SF 5  WSN 3

The Giants used eight pitchers and three homers to subdue the Nationals tonight and notch their 55th win. Logan Webb returned to the rotation and logged a tidy three innings, yielding only one hit and striking out four. He left with a 3-0 lead courtesy of a two-out RBI from Darin Ruf in the 1st and a two-run homer from Curt Casali in the 2nd. Jose Alvarez and John Brebbia gave the lead back in the 4th, but Jarlin Garcia, Zack Littell, Dominic Leone, Tyler Rogers, and Jake McGee each pitched a scoreless inning to redeem the ‘pen. Giants fielders put on a show, the highlight being a Brandon Crawford double play in the 6th where he made a miraculous dive to steal a hit and then glove-flipped it to Donovan Solano who barehanded it at the bag and then threw to first. They also threw out a runner at the plate in the 4th to end the inning and again in the 7th to get the second out and stifle a rally. The runner in both cases was Gerardo Parra! Parra also hit into a double play to end the 8th. The Nats put a lot of pressure on Giants relievers but the defense stepped up and bailed them out. A homer by Ruf in the 5th gave the Giants the lead back and one by Wilmer Flores in the 7th completed the scoring.Ruf is 6-for-12 in his last five games with four runs scored and seven RBI.

Day game tomorrow (1:05) with Anthony DeSclafani getting the start.

Go Giants!

–M.C.