WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Andres Chaparro had 4 hits, including a brace of location runs, and drove successful 8 arsenic the Washington Nationals opened the 2nd fractional of the play with a resounding 23-4 triumph implicit the Athletics astatine Sutter Health Park.
Curtis Mead besides had 4 hits arsenic the Nationals had 21. Every subordinate of the lineup had astatine slightest 1 deed and each 9 starters drove successful astatine slightest 1 run. Curtis Lile had 4 RBIs, Mead had 3 and rookie Harry Ford besides had three, including his archetypal large league location tally successful the 5th inning.
Leading 4-2 aft 4 innings, the Nationals scored 4 successful the fifth, six successful the sixth and different 4 successful the seventh to instrumentality an 18-2 lead. They added 5 much runs successful the ninth to pb 23-2 earlier the Athletics scored doubly successful the bottommost half.
Tyler Soderstrom deed his 15th homer successful the 4th and Shea Langeliers deed his 22nd successful the ninth disconnected Nationals infielder Jorbit Vivas.
Athletics starter Gage Jump (3-5) allowed 4 runs (three earned) connected 4 hits and 2 walks implicit 3 2/3 innings, portion striking retired eight. But the Nationals jumped each implicit the Athletics’ bullpen, with Justin Sterner allowing six runs portion signaling lone 1 retired and imaginable Yunior Tur, who was called up earlier this week, allowing six runs connected 7 hits implicit 2 innings of work.
Rooker has surgery
Athletics designated hitter and outfielder Brent Rooker had season-ending near genu country Friday, a pugnacious nonaccomplishment of a person some connected and disconnected the tract for the club.
The squad expects him to instrumentality successful clip for the commencement of outpouring grooming adjacent year.
Dr. Tim McAdams and Dr. Mike Freehill performed the debridement process of Rooker’s articular cartilage teardrop astatine Stanford Orthopedic Hospital successful Redwood City and besides removed escaped bodies.
Rooker, who has had an injury-plagued twelvemonth aft helium played successful each 162 games past season, had received a cortisone changeable past period for the genu and was rehabilitating from a bony bruise earlier seeking further valuation astatine Stanford.
He besides missed 15 games successful April with a strained close oblique muscle.
A two-time All-Star, helium batted .200 with 10 location runs and 29 RBIs implicit 48 games this season. Rooker received a five-year declaration worthy $60 cardinal up of past season.
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