Stone Garrett homered in his first Major League plate appearance in more than a year in a three-hit, three-RBI effort, and the Washington Nationals ended a four-game losing streak with a 9-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday evening.
Luis GarcÃa Jr., Juan Yepez and Jacob Young each had three hits and Keibert Ruiz knocked in three for Washington, which defeated Philadelphia for only the third time in eleven meetings this season. It was the most points the Nationals have scored in a game since scoring nine in Baltimore on August 13.
Washington’s Trevor Williams (6-1) struck out five in five shutout innings and allowed three hits and two walks while lowering his ERA to 2.03 over 13 starts.
Ranger Suárez finished his regular season with six runs in two innings for Philadelphia, which has already reached the NL East and has a playoff bye. The Phillies were 1 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the top seed in the National League.
Garrett, 28, had not played in the Majors since breaking his left leg while trying to rob DJ LeMahieu of the New York Yankees of a home run on August 23, 2023. He was recalled from Triple-A Rochester on August 23, 2023. He did not play in three games against Kansas City on Tuesday before serving as designated hitter against the left-handed Suárez (12-8).
With Washington already up 1-0 on Yepez’s RBI single, Garrett ripped a 70 mph curveball 450 feet to the left field seats, bringing in Yepez. Garrett shouted as he approached first base as part of a merry tour around the bases.
Suárez also gave up Young’s RBI single while throwing 42 pitches in the first inning. Ruiz added a two-run single in the second.
Garrett made it 7-0 with a runscoring single off Tyler Gilbert in the fourth. He also doubled off José Ruiz to lead off the seventh.
Philadelphia’s Austin Hays homered off Tanner Rainey in the eighth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: Washington recalled RHP Jackson Rutledge and selected LHP DJ Herz for the team’s Florida Complex League affiliate.
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Philadelphia RHP Zack Wheeler (16-7, 2.56 ERA), who is 2-0 with a 2.03 ERA in two starts against Washington this season, faces Nationals LHP MacKenzie Gore (10-12, 4.04) on Saturday.
