Arizona 11, Washington 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Lance Barksdale, 1B -
Nic Lentz, 2B -
Nestor Ceja, 3B -
Ted Barrett
Attendance:
15774
By Field Level Media
Daulton Varsho homered and drove in three runs as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks broke out of their early-season slumber with an 11-2 rout of the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.
Seth Beer went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for Arizona, which entered the game last in the majors in runs scored.
The D-backs snapped a three-game losing skid while setting season highs in hits (10) and runs. Ketel Marte had two hits with an RBI and two runs scored.
Merrill Kelly (1-0) allowed one run on six hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out five.
Washington, which opened the series with a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday, fell behind 11-0 after five innings.
Arizona began its offensive outburst in the second inning against Erick Fedde. Sergio Alcantara's sacrifice fly scored Christian Walker, who led off and reached first on a throwing error.
The D-backs added three runs in the third. Marte doubled with one out and David Peralta followed with a single to center. Walker and Beer hit consecutive RBI singles before Walker scored on Pavin Smith's sacrifice fly.
Arizona added to its lead on Varsho's two-run homer off Fedde in the fourth, a 392-foot blast to right field. Beer delivered a two-run double off Francisco Perez to cap the four-run inning.
Fedde (1-1) allowed seven runs (six earned) on eight hits over 3 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three.
Arizona stretched its lead to 11-0 with three runs on one hit in the fifth. Patrick Murphy allowed the first two batters to reach base before Carson Kelly scored on an error. Varsho's sacrifice fly scored a run and Yonny Hernandez then came home on Marte's groundout.
Arizona had scored a total of 11 runs over its last seven games before matching that total on Wednesday.
Nelson Cruz and Keibert Ruiz each drove in runs for Washington, which went 3-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
Before the game, Washington placed left-hander Sean Doolittle on the 10-day injured list with a left elbow sprain and recalled left-handed relievers Francisco Perez and Sam Clay from Triple-A Rochester.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Arizona |
|
Washington |
|
Seth Beer | Player |
Juan Soto
|
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
3 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
4 |
TB |
3 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Arizona
|
10 |
1 |
15 |
.286 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Washington
|
9 |
0 |
13 |
.250 |
13 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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