Joe Ross, who started the Washington Nationals’ road trip with a 9.85 ERA in 19 games, one start, and 24 2⁄3 innings pitched on the season, was up to 11 1⁄3 scoreless once he was done with six innings on the mound in the series finale with San Francisco’s Giants in Oracle Park.
Ross held the Giants to two walks and three hits in the scoreless appearance, throwing 99 pitches, 59 of them strikes, in what ended up a 4-1 win that gave the Nationals a sweep of the three-game set in the City by the Bay.