Gio Gonzalez threw 54 pitches in the first two innings, but managed to hold the San Diego Padres to one run on five hits in a six-inning, 110-pitch outing, leaving the game with it tied at 1-1, but the home team scored a run on Nationals’ righty Trevor Gott in the bottom of the seventh, 2-1 Padres, and Washington dropped the series finale in Petco Park.
Gio vs San Diego: After giving up a run on six hits in seven innings against the Arizona D-Backs, and throwing five scoreless against the Philadelphia Phillies in which he allowed a total of two hits, Gio Gonzalez took the mound tonight in Petco Park looking for his third straight and the Washington Nationals’ fourth straight win.