Irvin allowed just one hit and one walk to go with eight strikeouts while Jesse Winker’s pinch-hit solo shot gave the Nationals all they needed to beat the Mets.
About 95 minutes before he threw his first pitch, as a Fourth of July crowd of 34,394 was starting to assemble outside the gates ofand his teammates were participating in a hot dog eating competition, Jake Irvin walked onto the field seeking a moment of calm.
The right-hander then brought the same level of tranquility to a humid holiday morning matinee against the New York Mets, silencing one of baseball’s most potent offenses of the last month. Over eight scoreless innings, he struck out eight and surrendered just one hit and one walk as the Nationals won 1-0. Jesse Winker’s solo shot off Mets reliever Adrian Houser in the bottom of the eighth provided the lone run of the game.
As has been the case for most of the season, Irvin suffered from a lack of run support; for the 12th time in his 18 starts, the Nationals put just two or fewer runs on the board. Winker, who began the game on the bench with the Mets starting a lefty, came on as a pinch hitter for DH Harold Ramirez and drove a curveball into the left field seats. After he circled the bases, he stood at home plate, placed his hand over his heart and saluted to the dugout.
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