Giants 7-6 Nationals (Apr 18, 2026) Game Recap
WASHINGTON — — Matt Chapman‘s RBI single within the twelfth inning lifted the San Francisco Giants to their third straight victory, 7-6 over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
The Nationals had the bases loaded with no person out within the tenth, however did not rating. After every workforce was additionally blanked within the eleventh, Chapman led off the twelfth with a single off Cionel Pérez (1-2) to interrupt the 6-all tie.
Caleb Kilian (1-0) closed out the Nationals within the backside of the inning for his or her first massive league win.
James Wood led off the underside of the primary with a homer for Washington, and Heliot Ramos went deep for the Giants as a part of a three-hit day.
The Nationals had the bases loaded with no person out within the tenth in opposition to Ryan Walker. Daylen Lile struck out and after a liner down the left-field line went simply foul, Nasim Nuñez went down swinging on a 3-2 pitch. Then Jorbit Vivas despatched a pointy grounder to shortstop Willy Adames.
Adames ran to second for the drive, was overwhelmed there by baserunner Jacob Youngand nonetheless had time to throw first to retire Vivas with room to spare to forestall the profitable run from scoring.
Brady House’s RBI single to heart off Walker tied it at 6 with two outs within the ninth. Curtis Mead was thrown out attempting to go from first to 3rd on the play, however Wood had crossed house simply earlier than the tag, so the run counted and the groups performed on.
Ramos doubled within the second and scored on Drew Gilbert‘s single to tie it at 1, however a botched grounder within the backside half opened the door to an enormous Washington inning. Adames could not subject a possible double play ball off Nuñez’s bat, and the error left males on first and second with no person out.
Wood was finally hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it 2-1, and Luis García Jr. adopted with a two-run single. José Tena’s single introduced in one other run.
The Nationals had their very own fielding points. An error by Vivas at third left males on first and second with one out within the third. An out later, Casey Schmitt doubled to left, driving in a run — and one other scored on the play due to Lile’s error in left subject.
Washington missed an opportunity to reply within the third when Giants catcher Patrick Bailey picked Lile off third base for the second out. Ramos’ two-run shot within the sixth tied it at 5.
Rafael Devers hit an RBI single for San Francisco within the seventh.
Robbie Ray (2-2) takes the mound for San Francisco on Sunday because the Giants go for a three-game sweep in opposition to Miles Mikolas (0-3) of the Nationals.
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