WASHINGTON, D.C.: Five straight one-out singles for Boston and a three-run home run to center field by Xander Bogaerts in a 33-pitch fifth inning for Washington Nationals’ starter Tanner Roark, turned a 3-2 lead into a 9-2 advantage as the visitors from Beantown won a second game in a row in the nation’s capital. 11-4 final.
Roark vs Red Sox: Taking on a tough Red Sox’ lineup tonight, Tanner Roark tossed a quick, scoreless, seven-pitch first inning, but after the Nationals squandered a two-on, no-out opportunity in the first, the Red Sox hit back-to-back singles (by Mitch Moreland and Xander Bogaerts), and a one-out, three-run HR to left by Eduardo Nunez to jump out to a 3-0 lead for the second straight game.