Washington Nationals vs Baltimore Orioles Match Player Stats On May 08, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 8, 2017

BALTIMORE -- Joey Rickard, Mark Trumbo and Trey Mancini clobbered first-inning homers off Gio Gonzalez and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Monday night.

The Orioles (21-10) increased their winning streak to a season-high five games. The first-place Nationals (21-11) fell to 14-26 in Baltimore.

Kevin Gausman (2-3) was back on the mound for Baltimore after being ejected in the second inning of his last start May 3 against the Boston Red Sox. Gausman was sharp and held the Nationals to two runs and five hits with eight strikeouts and one walk in seven innings -- his longest outing of the year.

Catcher Matt Wieters, who spent eight years with the Orioles, returned to Camden Yards for the first time since signing with the Nationals in February. He received a standing ovation in his first at-bat and went 1-for-4, including a double off Brad Brach in the ninth that cut the margin to 6-4. Brach then got Brian Goodwin to ground out and picked up his eighth save.

Bryce Harper was also back in the lineup for Washington after missing the past three games with a groin injury. Harper had an RBI single in the sixth and then homered two innings later that pulled his team within 6-3.

Gonzalez (3-1) allowed six runs and seven hits with two strikeouts and four walks in six innings. Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph tied a career high with four hits.

Rickard gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead when he hammered Gonzalez's fourth pitch of the game over the left-field fence. Trumbo followed with another solo shot. Two batters later, Mancini hit a two-run homer.

Entering the game, Gonzalez had allowed just four home runs in his past 38 1/3 innings.

Gausman retired 10 straight batters before Jayson Werth flared a single in the fourth.

The Orioles increased the lead to 6-0 in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Joseph and a throwing error by Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon.

Washington got on the board in the fifth when Michael Taylor hit a two-out RBI double.

NOTES: Nationals INF Stephen Drew (hamstring) could begin a rehab assignment this weekend, manager Dusty Baker said. Drew has not played since April 11. ... Orioles 2B Jonathan Schoop was back in the lineup after missing the previous two games with an injured right wrist. He had a double in the fourth and has reached base for a career-high 23 straight games. ... Washington recalled OF Brian Goodwin from Triple-A Syracuse on Monday. To make room, OF Rafael Bautista was sent down to the Chiefs.