SF Giants’ Roupp tosses second straight quality start in win over Nationals

WASHINGTON D C The Washington Nationals revealed a paid attendance of on Friday night at Nationals Park It s unclear how various of those in attendance were Giants fans but there were more than enough especially behind the third-base dugout to start Let s go Giants chants in the lower bowl Landen Roupp pitched six-plus shutout innings his second straight outing of at least six frames and the bullpen combined for three scoreless innings as San Francisco beat Washington - After walking Jung Hoo Lee on five pitches to lead off the seventh inning Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore left the competition alongside a trainer in the middle of a plate appearance against Matt Chapman due to an apparent injury Chapman finished the plate appearance by drawing a walk against reliever Jackson Rutledge charged to Gore and following Wilmer Flores - - double play Willy Adames drove in Lee by sneaking a single up the middle San Francisco expanded the lead to - when Rutledge walked Casey Schmitt Mike Yastrzemski and Patrick Bailey in back-to-back-to-back plate appearances and Bailey scored Adames with his free pass with the bases loaded The Giants had a chance to pile on but Nationals reliever Zach Brzykcy entered for Rutledge and got Tyler Fitzgerald to hit into an inning-ending groundout Roupp cruised through the first six innings but was pulled in the seventh after allowing a double and a walk to begin the inning Randy Rodr guez entered for Roupp and instantly put out the fire striking out Robert Hassell III and getting Jos Tena to ground into an inning-ending - double play Related Articles SF Giants Harrison to start in place of injured Verlander SF Giants at games Can they maintain a playoff position The SF Giants needed a stopper Logan Webb didn t deliver Double trouble for SF Giants Logan Webb gets roughed up Verlander goes to IL SF Giants look to get out of left-handed rut on upcoming road trip The Giants doubled their lead to - in the top of the eighth inning when Wilmer Flores drove in Lee with a single tying the Cubs Seiya Suzuki for the bulk in the National League and Chapman scored from third on a wild pitch Following Flores RBI single a group of Giants fans began to make their voices heard in the lower bowl Erik Miller pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Camilo Doval finished off the win with a scoreless ninth his th consecutive scoreless outing