R H E LOB WP: VERRETT (2-0) TIME: 3:53
NATIONALS 4 8 1 6 LP: Turner (1-1)
ORIOLES 5 12 0 11 SV: None
GETTING STARTED: Tonight’s first pitch was at 7:06 p.m…Game-time temperature was 64 degrees.
TODAY’S ATTENDANCE was 26,348…The 16-date season total is 443,427…Average attendance is 27,714.
EJECTED: During the top of the 10th inning, Nationals 2B Daniel Murphy was ejected from the game by home-plate umpire Laz Diaz.
UNDER REVIEW: In the 10th inning, PR Joey Rickard was called out at second base on a 5-4 force out…Orioles manager Buck Showalter challenged the call at
second base and after a 1:28 review, the ruling on the field was overturned and Rickard was ruled safe on an E-4…The Orioles are now 3-for-5 in challenges this
season; they went 22-for-40 in challenges last season.
A GOOD RUN: The Orioles had their streak of 42 consecutive innings with a lead snapped, after not scoring in the first inning of tonight’s game…The streak
stretched from the fourth inning on May 4 at Boston through the end of last night’s game against the Nationals…According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the
longest such streak since the Los Angeles Angels held a lead for 43 consecutive innings from June 2-7, 2008.
ORIOLES NOTES
VS. WASHINGTON: The Orioles extended their winning streak to six games by defeating the Nationals in game two of the series, 5-4, in 12.0 innings…It was their
third walk-off win of the season…It is their second straight series sweep, and their third sweep this season…Improve to 8-1-2 in series play for the season…They
improve to 8-1 in their last nine games against Washington…They improve to 38-24 all-time in the Beltway Series…Improve to 13-3 at home this season, the best home
record in the majors…Improve to 5-1 in extra-innings.
INNINGS EATER: RHP Ubaldo Jiménez did not factor into the decision after surrendering four runs on five hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 7.2 innings of work…The 7.2 innings tied a season-high (April 19 at Cincinnati)…Baserunners were 1-for-2 in stolen base attempts off of Jiménez tonight and are now 7-for-9 in
stolen base attempts this season; in his career, baserunners are 210-for-265 off of him.
WHEN IT MATTERS MOST: DH Mark Trumbo hit his second walk-off hit of the season with his RBI single in the 12th inning; it was the seventh walk-off hit of
his career, his last coming on Opening Day April 3 vs. Toronto (walk-off home run)…SS J.J. Hardy hit a game-tying RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to tie
the game at four apiece.
MOVING ON UP: CF Adam Jones hit his fifth home run of the season, a solo home run in the eighth inning…His RBI was the 744th of his Orioles career, tying him
for sixth place in Orioles history with Brady Anderson; he trails fifth place Ken Singleton by 22 RBI (766)…It was his 123rd career home run at Oriole Park, putting
him one away from tying Rafael Palmeiro (124) for most all-time…It was the fourth home run of his career off of Max Scherzer, and he is a career .448 (13-for-29)
hitter against the right-hander…Recorded his ninth multi-hit game of the season.
KEEPING IT ALIVE: 2B Jonathan Schoop walked in the fifth inning and doubled in the seventh and ninth innings…He has now reached base safely in 24-straight
games, extending his career-high on-base streak; coming into play today, his on-base streak was the second-longest active streak in the majors…Has reached base safely in 28 of the 30 games he has played in this season…He is hitting .349 (30-for-86) during his on-base streak.
ON THE BOARD: RF Seth Smith collected the first Orioles hit of the game, hitting his third home run of the season in the sixth inning…Has hit safely in his last four
games, hitting .563 (9-for-16) during this stretch…Has hit safely in eight of nine home games this season, and is hitting .361 (13-for-36) for the season at home.
WASHINGTON NOTES
VS. BALTIMORE: The Nationals fell to the Orioles in game two of the two-game series, 5-4 in 12.0 innings… It is the first time they have been swept this
season…They fall to 24-38 all-time against the Orioles…Are now 11-21 all-time at Oriole Park…Adam Lind hit their fourth pinch-hit home run of the season…They
fall to 2-3 in extra-inning games on the season.
DOMINATE STUFF: RHP Max Scherzer did not factor into the decision after tossing 8.0 innings, surrendering two runs on four hits (two home runs) with two walks
and 11 strikeouts…The 8.0 innings tied a season-high…He struck out 10-plus batters for the third time this season and for the 52nd time in his career; his 52 double-digit strikeout games are tied with Los Angeles-NL LHP Clayton Kershaw for most among active pitchers and he is the 15th pitcher in MLB history with 52 or more 10-plus strikeout games in his career…Tonight was the 10th time since joining the Nationals in which Scherzer has carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning; it is the most among all pitchers in MLB during this span (2015-present).
CLUTCH HITTING: PH Adam Lind broke a 1-1 tie with his pinch-hit three-run home run in the eighth inning; all three of his home runs this season have pinch-hit
tieshome runs (April 3 vs. Miami and April 30 vs. New York-NL); his three pinch-hit hometied a Nationals record for most pinch-hit home runs in franchise history (2005-present) with seven other players…He now has eight career pinch-hit home runs…It was his first three-RBI game of the season and his most RBI in a game since September 7, 2016 vs. Texas when he recorded five RBI as a member of the Seattle Mariners.
FLEET OF FOOT: 3B Anthony Rendon singled to leadoff the eighth inning…Has hit safely in eight of his last nine games, hitting .417 (15-for-36) with four doubles,
five home runs, 18 RBI, and nine runs scored…Has hit safely in eight-straight Interleague games, and is a career .308 (78-for-253) hitter during Interleague play…Stole his first base of the season…It was his first stolen base since July 29, 2016 at San Francisco; had 12 stolen bases last season and now has 32 for his career.
WELL ROUNDED: 2B Daniel Murphy hit his sixth home run of the year in his first at-bat…Five of his six home runs have come on the road where he is hitting .324
(23-for-71)…Five of his six home runs have come against right-handers, and he is hitting .348 (39-for-112) against righties this season; coming into play today, he was
tied for seventh in the National League in batting average against right-handers…He is a career .321 (17-for-53) hitter against the Orioles.