MacKenzie Gore fell behind early in the second of three with the Arizona D-backs in Chase Field, giving up a one-out shot to left field by Emmanuel Rivera in the bottom of the first.
Rivera’s first home run of 2023 traveled 394 feet, with the Diamondbacks’ third baseman hitting a 1-1 knee-high curve from the middle of the zone into the stands for a 1-0 lead.
Gore worked around a two-out single in a 17-pitch second, then induced an inning-ending double play after giving up back-to-back, one-out singles in a 13-pitch third, after which it was still 1-0 in the D-backs’ favor, with the Nats’ starter up to 48 pitches overall (with 3 Ks total and no walks).