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

WASHINGTON D C The Washington Nationals broadcasted a paid attendance of on Friday night at Nationals Park It s unclear how multiple 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 and the Giants offense jumped on the Nationals bullpen once starter MacKenzie Gore left the ballgame with an injury in the seventh inning as San Francisco beat Washington - Gore s pitching a tournament Roupp s pitching a great challenge and somebody s going to blink first reported manager Bob Melvin With Gore coming out of the battle we did a good job against their bullpen in the end It s kind of what we do we jump on bullpens I would never want somebody going out with an injury but we did better work after he left Gore and Roupp traded zeros for the competition s first six innings but the Giants absolutely scratched across the night s first runs in the seventh when Gore unexpectedly departed After walking Jung Hoo Lee on five pitches to lead off the seventh Gore left the competition alongside a trainer in the middle of a plate appearance against Matt Chapman due to a charley horse in his left leg The ailment originated in the top of the second inning when Willy Adames hit a line drive off Gore who finished his night with nine strikeouts 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 right away put out the fire striking out Robert Hassell III and getting Jos Tena to ground into an inning-ending - double play From there left-hander Erik Miller pitched a scoreless eighth inning and Camilo Doval finished off the win with a scoreless ninth his th consecutive scoreless outing It really is amazing what he s done this year Melvin explained Lefties righties He s got the toughest assignment Typically he s coming in with guys on base After a starter gave us six innings a couple guys on base and he gives up nothing I want to say it s just not surprising but it s very hard to do to come on with guys on base and nobody out like that Added Roupp Unbelievable He looks really good right now Just happy for him to come out of there and throw strikes and get out of that inning 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 While Roupp couldn t finish the seventh inning the outing represented his second consecutive quality start the first time he s had back-to-back quality starts as a major leaguer His outing against the Nationals was especially tough given their lineup was composed entirely of left-handed hitters two of whom Keibert Ruiz Josh Bell were switch-hitters batting left-handed Roupp leaned on his sinker and changeup to combat Washington s lineup with those two offerings accounting for of his pitches The right-hander only generated four whiffs but he limited the damage and stifled the Nationals opportunities with runners in scoring position in the second and fifth I had to have the sinker in the modern day and I feel like I did a good job of locating Roupp reported 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 the majority 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 Worth noting The Giants event against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June has been selected for ESPN s Sunday Night Baseball The encounter will now be played at p m PT instead of p m PT