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Title: A's be up to Nationals 8-2
Post by: Natasha827 on Jan 31, 2026, 06:34 AM

 The Oakland Athletics saw an early lead slip away Friday night in an 8-2 loss to the Washington Nationals. The A's leapt bent on a very early lead against Joan Adon in the initial. JJ Bleday singled with one out and then relocated to second on a walk by Zack Gelof. Seth Brown started out for the second out,  however both joggers went up 90 feet on a wild pitch. Jordan Diaz then came through with a single to left that scored both to give the A's a 2-0 lead. Daz places the A's up 2-0 in the very first Paul Blackburn worked a scoreless very first,  yet a leadoff walk to Keibert Ruiz got him in problem in the second. Ruiz progressed to 3rd on a single by Dominic Smith and afterwards scored on another struck by Ildemaro Vargas. Stone Garrett adhered to with a solitary of his own that racked up Smith to connect the video game. Blackburn retired the side in order in the third,  however again walked the leadoff man to begin the fourth. An additional solitary by Garrett put runners at the corners with one out and a sacrifice fly by Jake Alu placed the Nationals in front 3-2. Lane Thomas led off the 5th with a solitary,  however was thrown away trying to swipe by Shea Langeliers. Blackburn got Meneses to ground out Harry Ford Jersey (https://www.wnfanoutlet.com/collections/harry-ford-jersey),  however after that quit a solo shot to Ruiz to press Washington's lead to 4-2. Blackburn returned for the sixth and enabled a stroll to Garrett and a solitary to Alex Call before paving the way to Lucas Erceg who obtained CJ Abrams to fly out to left to strand the joggers. Blackburn wasn't sharp,  yet did his best to keep Oakland in the video game allowing eight hits,  4 strolls and 4 runs in 52/3 innings. Erceg returned for the 7th and struck Thomas to start the inning. After a fly out by Joey Meneses,  Ruiz singled to place joggers at very first and 2nd. He was changed by Sam Long that retired Smith on a fly out,  but after that permitted a three run crowning achievement to Vargas to blow the game open at 7-2. Oakland's violation was held in check via the center innings. Zack Gelof doubled with 2 outs in the 8th. Brownish adhered to with a stroll,  yet Diaz lined out dramatically to Thomas in ideal to leave them stranded. Long allowed a solo homer to Alu to begin the eighth to round out the racking up. The A's taken care of simply 6 hits in the video game and were 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. Langeliers completed the video game with 2 hits. Lawrence Butler made his significant league launching and went 0-for-4 at the plate. The collection will proceed Saturday with Luis Medina pairing up versus Washington's Jake Irvin.