Red Sox total 3-game sweep of Nationals with 6-4 victory

WASHINGTON (AP)– Trevor Story homered, and the Boston Red Sox finished a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 6-4 triumph Sunday.Left-hander Garrett

Crochet(9-4 )enabled 2 runs and started out seven in five innings. He leads the majors with 151 strikeouts.Advertisement Ceddanne Rafaela ripped a ninth-inning solo homer as

part of a three-hit game for the Red Sox(46-45), who have won 6 of 8 and moved over.500 for the very first time because they were 40-39 on June 22. Boston made its first roadway sweep given that July 2-4, 2024, at Miami.Rookie Brady House had his very first profession three-hit game for the Nationals(37-53), who are a season-high 16 games under.500 after being swept

for the fifth time. Washington stranded 15 guys on base.Boston scored 4 runs in the very first against left-hander Shinnosuke Ogasawara, who made his big league debut.Nate Eaton singled, took 2nd and scored on Roman Anthony’s single.

Rob Refsnyder followed with an RBI double, and Story then blasted his 14th crowning achievement over the visitor’s bullpen in left-center. Advertisement Paul DeJong had a run-scoring double in the 3rd and scored on House’s RBI single.Jordan Hicks permitted Daylen Lile’s two-out RBI single in the ninth, but got pinch hitter CJ Abrams to fly

out to protect his first conserve because being acquired in the trade that sent Rafael Devers to San Francisco.Ogasawara (0-1)enabled four runs and 7 hits and struck out 2 in 2 2/3 innings.The game was postponed by rain for 17 minutes in the second inning.Key minute After strolling Luis García to require in a run, Boston reducer Greg Weissert induced Alex Call’s pop out to end the seventh and maintain a 5-3 lead.Advertisement Key stat Crochet is the 4th pitcher in Red Sox history with 150 strikeouts before the All-Star break, joining Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez and

Chris Sale.Up next RHP Richard Fitts(0-3, 4.50 ERA )begins Monday as Boston returns home to start a three-game series against Colorado.Washington is off Monday. Nationals RHP Jake Irvin(7-3, 4.71)will begin the opener of a three-game set Tuesday at St. Louis. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb