Aggressive with his fastball, Harrison struck out five in a row until the Nationals made him pay.
Washington Nationals’ CJ Abrams, right, runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the San Francisco Giants during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO — After striking out five consecutive batters in the early innings against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night, Kyle Harrison was feeling his fastball.
Pitching confidently and quickly, Harrison started the game by fanning Abrams on a high fastball on the outer part of the zone. He got Joey Gallo the same way to end the first inning, then came back out and struck out the side in the second. Two batters later, Young knocked a high heater up the middle for a single. And when Harrison went back to it multiple times in his second meeting with Abrams, the Nats’ young shortstop finally got him. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Harrison let a high fastball catch too much plate and Abrams launched it out of the park for his third home run of the season.Then, with the Nationals up 2-1 in the fifth, Abrams beat Harrison again when the lefty threw him a slurve right over the middle.
The Nationals scratched starting pitcher Josiah Gray before the game and replaced him with Triple-A right-hander Joan Adon, who entered with a career 6.66 ERA in 35 big league appearances. But the Giants did little against Adon, scoring just one run off him in four innings. The very next inning, the Nationals retook the lead when Ryan Walker replaced Harrison and promptly hit the leadoff batter, Winker. After a single by Adams, Walker recorded one out before Trey Lipscomb hit a high fly ball into right field that was deep enough to score Winker and give the Nationals a 4-3 lead.
Jung Hoo Lee led off with a single and Wilmer Flores singled behind him, then Jorge Soler worked a nine-pitch walk to load the bases with nobody out.
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