Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers

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Washington Nationals

73-84, 36-43 Away

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Detroit Tigers

74-83, 40-36 Home

River Ryan makes strong debut and Tigers hit 3 home runs in 9-2 win over Nationals

Washington Nationals vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

Ryan, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in Tarik Skubal trade, pitched three scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Ryan is expected to start again in the season finale Sunday — the day after Justin Verlander is scheduled to make his final major league start.

Keider Montero (10-9) pitched four scoreless innings in relief of Ryan.

Washington starter DJ Herz (0-1) made his first big league appearance in nearly two years. Herz, who had Tommy John surgery in April 2025, pitched four innings, allowing four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four.

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the first. Gleyber Torres walked, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a ground-rule double from Hao-Yu Lee. After Herz got the first out, Eduardo Valencia singled to left field, with Lee scoring when James Wood misplayed the ball for an error.

Javier Báez made it 4-0 in the fourth, hitting his third homer of the season over the Tigers bullpen in left to bring home Dillon Dingler.

Detroit added five more runs in the fifth, three on Ben Malgeri's fourth homer and two on Spencer Torkelson's 25th.

That made it 9-0, but Yohandy Morales hit a two-run homer to get the Nationals on the scoreboard in the eighth.

The Tigers announced before the game that, due to a bank merger, Comerica Park will be known as Fifth Third Park starting in 2027. That's the same name as the stadium for the Toledo Mud Hens, Detroit's Triple-A team.

Up next The teams continue their three-game series Tuesday, with Detroit RHP Drew Anderson (5-6, 3.62 ERA) facing LHP Jackson Kent (1-4, 6.40).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	House grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Vivas struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Crews grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Brieske relieved Sommers
	8th Inning	Callahan popped out to third.
	8th Inning	Lee doubled to third.

Statistics

WSH		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	6
14	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	27
34	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	9
1.6	Runs Created	9.7
.156	Batting Average	.343
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.771
.188	Secondary Average	.543
.206	On Base Percentage	.410
.487	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.182
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.9
18.0	Batter Rating	67.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.7
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.64
.125	Isolated Power	.429
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.200
4.0	Runs Produced	17.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
68.0	MLB Rating	108.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0