MacKenzie Gore tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, CJ Abrams hit an RBI triple and the Nationals beat the A's 3-1 on Saturday.
OAKLAND -- MacKenzie Gore tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, CJ Abrams hit an RBI triple and the Washington Nationals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Saturday.Gore tossed five scoreless innings, throwing 90 pitches and striking out the last five batters he faced. He struck out the side in the fifth before giving way to the bullpen. Nationals pitchers combined for 18 strikeouts. Kyle Finnegan recorded his fifth save of the season.
The Nationals, nearing the end of a week-long Bay Area trip, took two out of three in San Francisco earlier in the week and got back in the win column after dropping the final game against the Giants and the series opener at the A's on Friday.The A's announced a season-low 3,330 fans in attendance on a cold weekend afternoon, the second time in nine home games this year that the team â which is leaving Oakland after this season â drew fewer than 4,000 fans.
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