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Ruiz and Lipscomb help the Nationals beat the White Sox 6-3 in doubleheader opener

CHICAGO (AP) Keibert Ruiz and Trey Lipscomb each hit an RBI single during Washington's three-run eighth inning, and the Nationals beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Tuesday in the opener of straight doubleheader.

Joey Meneses went 4 for 4 and drove in two runs for Washington, which had lost three of four. Lipscomb had three hits and swiped three bases.

Derek Law (3-1) got three outs for the win, and Kyle Finnegan handled the ninth for his 13th save in 14 opportunities.

Eloy Jiménez hit a solo homer for Chicago, which has dropped two in a row since a four-game win streak. Tommy Pham had two hits and drove in a run.

The doubleheader was scheduled after Monday's series opener was postponed by rain.

The White Sox trailed 3-1 before pushing across two runs in the fifth against Trevor Williams. Errors by Lipscomb at third base and Eddie Rosario in left field helped set up a sacrifice fly for Braden Shewmake and a tying single for Pham.

The Nationals responded in the eighth against John Brebbia (0-2). Ruiz's pinch-hit liner to right drove in pinch-runner Nasim Nuñez for a 4-3 lead. Lipscomb singled home Nick Senzel, and Victor Robles greeted Steven Wilson with a sacrifice fly to left.

“We’ve been playing great baseball all season," Williams said, "and the guys that are coming off the bench, even Nas today ... putting the pressure on it for us to score those runs at the end is great momentum going into game two.”

The White Sox put runners on first and second with one out in the ninth, but Zach Remillard bounced into a forceout at third and Nicky Lopez struck out looking for the final out.

Remillard was inserted into the game when rookie third baseman Bryan Ramos departed before the start of the seventh because of left quad tightness.

Jiménez led off the second with his fifth homer for Chicago. It was the first homer allowed by Williams in eight starts this season.

The 32-year-old Williams was charged with three runs, one earned, and four hits in five innings.

“It was gonna be one of those games where whoever blinks first is going to be in trouble, and for us to play like we did, especially coming off a rainout and playing an early game like this, it was huge,” Williams said.

The Nationals went in front with three runs in the fifth. Rosario singled in Lipscomb, and Meneses tacked on a two-run single.

White Sox right-hander Chris Flexen permitted three runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

White Sox: On Monday, CF Luis Robert Jr. (right hip flexor strain) tried running at 90 percent, and INF Yoán Moncada (left adductor strain) began hitting left-handed. Manager Pedro Grifol has not yet received an update on either player’s progress. “No news is good news, so that means that everything went fine yesterday,” he said. ... RHP Dominic Leone (back tightness) threw a live bullpen before the first game of the doubleheader.

Nationals: Manager Dave Martinez said OF Jesse Winker was feeling better toward the end of Monday after he left Sunday’s loss to the Red Sox because of back spasms. Winker was available for the doubleheader.

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Nationals left-hander Mitchell Parker (2-1, 2.67 ERA) and White Sox right-hander Erick Fedde (3-0, 3.00 ERA) take the mound in the second game. Fedde began his major league career with Washington and is facing his former club for the first time.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nationals WAS20-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
White Sox CHW13-30	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	X	4	7	1

Guaranteed Rate FieldChicago, IL

W: E. Fedde (4-0)L: M. Parker (2-2)S: (0)
HR: CHW - A. Vaughn 2 (3)

WASNationals

CHWWhite Sox

.E. FeddeErick Fedde
P
7.0 IP, 6 SO, 99 P
.A. VaughnAndrew Vaughn
1B
2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR, BB

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
C. Abrams SS	4	0	0	0	3	.263	.326	.494	.819	0.0
T. Lipscomb 3B	4	1	0	1	2	.260	.339	.298	.637	0.5
E. Rosario RF	4	1	0	2	1	.178	.250	.366	.616	1.0
J. Meneses 1B	3	0	1	2	1	.231	.298	.280	.578	0.0
L. Garcia 2B	3	0	1	1	1	.286	.338	.437	.775	0.5
K. Ruiz C	4	0	0	0	2	.148	.194	.216	.409	0.0
J. Winker DH	4	0	0	1	2	.228	.342	.375	.717	-0.5
I. Vargas LF	2	1	1	0	0	.313	.405	.438	.843	2.0
J. Young CF	3	1	0	1	1	.263	.333	.323	.657	0.5

HITTERS	AB
C. Abrams SS	4
T. Lipscomb 3B	4
E. Rosario RF	4
J. Meneses 1B	3
L. Garcia 2B	3
K. Ruiz C	4
J. Winker DH	4
I. Vargas LF	2
J. Young CF	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Pham RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.357	.446	.803	3.0
A. Vaughn 1B	3	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	.211	.271	.329	.600	15.0
E. Jimenez DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.276	.389	.666	3.0
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.141	.213	.354	-1.0
P. DeJong SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.248	.292	.469	.761	0.5
A. Benintendi LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.192	.222	.274	.496	0.0
Z. Remillard 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	0.0
R. Ortega CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.071	.176	.071	.248	6.5
M. Maldonado C	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.101	.162	.159	.322	-1.5
N. Lopez 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.270	.217	.487	0.0

HITTERS	AB
T. Pham RF	3
A. Vaughn 1B	3
E. Jimenez DH	4
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0
P. DeJong SS	4
A. Benintendi LF	3
Z. Remillard 3B	3
R. Ortega CF	2
M. Maldonado C	3
N. Lopez 2B	3

2B - E. Rosario (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Abrams, T. Lipscomb, L. Garcia, J. Winker 2 (2)

2B - E. Jimenez (4)
HR - A. Vaughn 2 (3)
RBI - A. Vaughn 4 (13)
2-Out RBI - A. Vaughn 3 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Benintendi 2 (2), N. Lopez

SB - R. Ortega 2 (2)
CS - B. Shewmake

DP - 2 (Weems-Ruiz-Meneses; Abrams-Meneses)

E - E. Fedde

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Parker (L, 2-2)	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	3.09	1.13	1.5
J. Weems	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	1.47	3.0
J. Barnes	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.90	1.00	2.5
J. Rutledge	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	9.00	2.00	0.5

PITCHERS	IP
M. Parker (L, 2-2)	5.0
J. Weems	1.0
J. Barnes	1.0
J. Rutledge	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
E. Fedde (W, 4-0)	7.0	3	0	6	2.60	1.06	31.0
J. Leasure (H, 6)	1.0	1	1	1	2.08	1.15	1.5
M. Kopech	1.0	0	2	1	3.48	1.26	1.5

PITCHERS	IP
E. Fedde (W, 4-0)	7.0
J. Leasure (H, 6)	1.0
M. Kopech	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - M. Parker 82-50, J. Weems 3-3, J. Barnes 18-10, J. Rutledge 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Parker 8-5, J. Weems 1-1, J. Barnes 1-1, J. Rutledge 2-1
Batters Faced - M. Parker 21, J. Weems 2, J. Barnes 4, J. Rutledge 4

Pitches-Strikes - E. Fedde 99-60, J. Leasure 20-14, M. Kopech 23-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - E. Fedde 7-5, J. Leasure 1-0
Batters Faced - E. Fedde 24, J. Leasure 5, M. Kopech 5

.E. FeddeErick Fedde
P
7.0 IP, 6 SO, 99 P
.A. VaughnAndrew Vaughn
1B
2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR, BB

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nationals WAS20-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
White Sox CHW13-30	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	X	4	7	1

Guaranteed Rate FieldChicago, IL

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
C. Abrams SS	4	0	0	0	3	.263	.326	.494	.819	0.0
T. Lipscomb 3B	4	1	0	1	2	.260	.339	.298	.637	0.5
E. Rosario RF	4	1	0	2	1	.178	.250	.366	.616	1.0
J. Meneses 1B	3	0	1	2	1	.231	.298	.280	.578	0.0
L. Garcia 2B	3	0	1	1	1	.286	.338	.437	.775	0.5
K. Ruiz C	4	0	0	0	2	.148	.194	.216	.409	0.0
J. Winker DH	4	0	0	1	2	.228	.342	.375	.717	-0.5
I. Vargas LF	2	1	1	0	0	.313	.405	.438	.843	2.0
J. Young CF	3	1	0	1	1	.263	.333	.323	.657	0.5
Total	31	4	3	8	13	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
C. Abrams SS	4
T. Lipscomb 3B	4
E. Rosario RF	4
J. Meneses 1B	3
L. Garcia 2B	3
K. Ruiz C	4
J. Winker DH	4
I. Vargas LF	2
J. Young CF	3
Total	31

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Pham RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.357	.446	.803	3.0
A. Vaughn 1B	3	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	.211	.271	.329	.600	15.0
E. Jimenez DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.276	.389	.666	3.0
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	.141	.213	.354	-1.0
P. DeJong SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.248	.292	.469	.761	0.5
A. Benintendi LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.192	.222	.274	.496	0.0
Z. Remillard 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	0.0
R. Ortega CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.071	.176	.071	.248	6.5
M. Maldonado C	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.101	.162	.159	.322	-1.5
N. Lopez 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.270	.217	.487	0.0
Total	28	4	7	4	2	3	5	10	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
T. Pham RF	3
A. Vaughn 1B	3
E. Jimenez DH	4
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0
P. DeJong SS	4
A. Benintendi LF	3
Z. Remillard 3B	3
R. Ortega CF	2
M. Maldonado C	3
N. Lopez 2B	3
Total	28

2B - E. Rosario (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Abrams, T. Lipscomb, L. Garcia, J. Winker 2 (2)

2B - E. Jimenez (4)
HR - A. Vaughn 2 (3)
RBI - A. Vaughn 4 (13)
2-Out RBI - A. Vaughn 3 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Benintendi 2 (2), N. Lopez

SB - R. Ortega 2 (2)
CS - B. Shewmake

DP - 2 (Weems-Ruiz-Meneses; Abrams-Meneses)

E - E. Fedde

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Parker (L, 2-2)	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	1	3.09	1.13	1.5
J. Weems	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	1.47	3.0
J. Barnes	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.90	1.00	2.5
J. Rutledge	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	9.00	2.00	0.5
Total	8.0	7	4	4	3	5	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
M. Parker (L, 2-2)	5.0
J. Weems	1.0
J. Barnes	1.0
J. Rutledge	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
E. Fedde (W, 4-0)	7.0	3	0	6	2.60	1.06	31.0
J. Leasure (H, 6)	1.0	1	1	1	2.08	1.15	1.5
M. Kopech	1.0	0	2	1	3.48	1.26	1.5
Total	9.0	4	3	8	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
E. Fedde (W, 4-0)	7.0
J. Leasure (H, 6)	1.0
M. Kopech	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - M. Parker 82-50, J. Weems 3-3, J. Barnes 18-10, J. Rutledge 14-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Parker 8-5, J. Weems 1-1, J. Barnes 1-1, J. Rutledge 2-1
Batters Faced - M. Parker 21, J. Weems 2, J. Barnes 4, J. Rutledge 4

Pitches-Strikes - E. Fedde 99-60, J. Leasure 20-14, M. Kopech 23-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - E. Fedde 7-5, J. Leasure 1-0
Batters Faced - E. Fedde 24, J. Leasure 5, M. Kopech 5

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

3RD INNING
Vaughn homered to center, Pham and Ortega scored 0 3
8TH INNING
Vaughn homered to left center 0 4

3RD INNING
	Vaughn homered to center, Pham and Ortega scored	0	3

8TH INNING
	Vaughn homered to left center	0	4

1ST INNING
Nationals
E. Fedde Pitching:
C. Abrams: Ball, Ball, Abrams flied out to deep left
T. Lipscomb: Lipscomb grounded out to first
E. Rosario: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Rosario struck out on foul tip
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
M. Parker Pitching:
T. Pham: Pham grounded out to third
A. Vaughn: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Vaughn flied out to center
E. Jimenez: Ball, Foul, Jimenez flied out to deep center
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Nationals
E. Fedde Pitching:
J. Meneses: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Meneses struck out looking
L. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul tip, Garcia struck out on foul tip
K. Ruiz: Ball, Ruiz flied out to deep left
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
M. Parker Pitching:
P. DeJong: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, DeJong flied out to center
A. Benintendi: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Benintendi flied out to left
Z. Remillard: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Remillard grounded out to pitcher
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Nationals
E. Fedde Pitching:
J. Winker: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Winker struck out swinging
I. Vargas: Strike looking, Foul, Vargas reached on an infield single to shortstop
J. Young: Strike looking, Vargas to second on Fedde throwing error, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Young grounded out to shortstop, Vargas to third
C. Abrams: Strike swinging, Abrams lined out to center
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
White Sox
M. Parker Pitching:
R. Ortega: Ball, Strike looking, Ortega reached on bunt single to shortstop
M. Maldonado: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Maldonado struck out swinging, Ortega stole second
N. Lopez: Ball, Lopez lined out to left
T. Pham: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Pham walked, Ortega to third on wild pitch
A. Vaughn: Ball, Strike swinging, Vaughn homered to center, Pham and Ortega scored
E. Jimenez: Ball, Foul, Foul, Jimenez lined out to right
End of the 3rd (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
4TH INNING
Nationals
E. Fedde Pitching:
T. Lipscomb: Strike looking, Foul, Lipscomb grounded out to pitcher
E. Rosario: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Rosario doubled to deep center
J. Meneses: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Foul, Strike swinging, Meneses struck out swinging
L. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Garcia fouled out to third
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
White Sox
M. Parker Pitching:
P. DeJong: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, DeJong singled to shallow right
A. Benintendi: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Benintendi grounded into double play shortstop to first, DeJong out at second
Z. Remillard: Ball, Remillard grounded out to pitcher
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Nationals
E. Fedde Pitching:
K. Ruiz: Foul, Foul, Ball, Ruiz flied out to left
J. Winker: Strike looking, Ball, Winker flied out to shallow shortstop
I. Vargas: Vargas lined out to left
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
M. Parker Pitching:
R. Ortega: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ortega struck out swinging
M. Maldonado: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Maldonado struck out swinging
N. Lopez: Foul, Lopez grounded out to second
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Nationals
E. Fedde Pitching:
J. Young: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Young struck out looking
C. Abrams: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Abrams grounded out to second
T. Lipscomb: Lipscomb singled to center
E. Rosario: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Rosario lined out to right
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
White Sox
M. Parker Pitching:
T. Pham: Ball, Pham singled to left
A. Vaughn: Ball, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Vaughn walked, Pham to second
E. Jimenez: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Jimenez singled to center, Pham to third, Vaughn to second
Jordan Weems relieved Mitchell Parker
P. DeJong: Strike swinging, DeJong grounded into double play pitcher to catcher to first, Pham out at home, Vaughn to third, Jimenez to second
A. Benintendi: Benintendi flied out to deep left
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Nationals
E. Fedde Pitching:
J. Meneses: Meneses lined out to right
L. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Garcia grounded out to shortstop
K. Ruiz: Ruiz flied out to deep center
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
Jacob Barnes relieved Jordan Weems
Z. Remillard: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Remillard grounded out to second
R. Ortega: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ortega walked
M. Maldonado: Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Maldonado struck out swinging
N. Lopez: Foul, Ball, Ortega stole second, Ball, Foul, Lopez flied out to left
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Nationals
Jordan Leasure relieved Erick Fedde
J. Winker: Winker popped out to shortstop
I. Vargas: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Vargas walked
J. Young: Strike swinging, Ball, Young reached on bunt single to second, Vargas to second
C. Abrams: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Abrams fouled out to third
T. Lipscomb: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Lipscomb struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
White Sox
Jackson Rutledge relieved Jacob Barnes
T. Pham: Strike looking, Ball, Pham grounded out to shortstop
A. Vaughn: Ball, Ball, Vaughn homered to left center
E. Jimenez: Jimenez doubled to right
Braden Shewmake ran for Eloy Jimenez
P. DeJong: Ball, Shewmake caught stealing third, catcher to third, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike swinging, DeJong struck out swinging
End of the 8th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Nationals
Braden Shewmake at designated hitter
Michael Kopech relieved Jordan Leasure
E. Rosario: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Rosario struck out looking
J. Meneses: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Meneses walked
L. Garcia: Strike looking, Ball, Meneses to second on wild pitch, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Garcia walked
K. Ruiz: Ball, Meneses to third, Garcia to second on wild pitch, Strike looking, Foul, Ruiz fouled out to catcher
J. Winker: Strike looking, Strike looking, Winker lined out to left
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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