The Astros banged out six in runs in the first three innings and held off the Nats for a 7-4 win last night in West Palm Beach.
Patrick Corbin took the loss, giving up two runs on three hits over an inning and 2/3rds. He walked none and struck out four.
James Wood began the parade of watchlist piayers into the game as he pinch-ran for Lane Thomas in the 4th. A two-out double sent him to third and a bases-loaded walk two batters later broke up the shutout bid.
The Rockville, MD native went deep in his first at-bat while Robert Hassell followed with a triple and scored on a Travis Blankenhorn double. Drew Millas completed the scoring in the 8th as he came around on Nasim Nunez’s one-out single.
Here’s how the watchlisters fared:
- Woods finished 1-for-3 with two runs scored and played RF
- Hassell also went 2-for-3 with a 9th-inning single play taking over LF
- Millas, who pinch-ran for Keibert Ruiz in the bottom of the 4th and caught the last five innings, was 1-for-3 at the plate and threw out a baserunner in the 9th
- Dylan Crews subbed for Victor Robles in CF and was 0-for-1 with a walk
- Jackson Rutledge pitched two scoreless innings with a one hit and one walk allowed and two whiffs
- DJ Herz walked the batter that Millas erased and struck out two to face the minimum of three batters in the 9th
Washington will make the bus ride to Jupiter, FL—the planet would take too long—this afternoon to play Miami. MacKenzie Gore is expected to start, followed by Jake Irvin. The game can be heard on 106.7FM, unless an ex-Commanders coach taking the same role at UCLA pre-empts it.