Nats jump on D-backs in 10-run, 30-minute 1st

PHOENIX -- The Washington Nationals enactment an exclamation constituent connected an encouraging period of May, scoring 10 runs successful the archetypal inning during an 11-7 triumph implicit the Arizona Diamondbacks connected Saturday night.

The Nationals' archetypal 11 batters reached basal arsenic they scored 9 runs earlier the D-backs got an out, which is the second-most successful the large leagues since 1961. The Boston Red Sox scored 10 runs earlier the Florida Marlins got an retired successful a crippled connected June 27, 2003, according to Elias Sports.

"I've been a portion of immoderate crooked numbers, but that was a bully one," Nats archetypal baseman Nathaniel Lowe said. "It was bully to leap connected a coagulated large league starter and enactment up a archetypal inning similar that. You don't spot it often."

Washington finished May with a 15-12 record, which is their archetypal winning period since August 2023.

Lowe -- who won a World Series with the Texas Rangers successful 2023 -- said the team's assurance is growing. The Nationals improved to 28-30.

"We should get utilized to it," Lowe said. "You play this crippled to win. Ideally, you amusement up each time with a accidental to vie and win. Losing's not wherefore we play astatine all."

Luis Garcia Jr. had a double, fielder's prime and 3 RBIs arsenic the Nationals sent 16 batters to the sheet successful the first. It took the Diamondbacks 30 minutes to get 3 outs.

"We enactment unneurotic immoderate bully at-bats, everybody did," Nats manager Dave Martinez said. "We dispersed the shot astir the field. We ended up scoring a clump of runs, which we decidedly needed tonight."

Arizona starter Brandon Pfaadt was pulled aft the archetypal 8 batters reached base. He gave up 8 earned runs and his ERA jumped from 3.90 to 5.05.

The reeling Diamondbacks person mislaid 9 of their past 10 games. Washington has won 11 of its past 15 and scored astatine slightest 9 runs successful each of the past 4 games.