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Rays

Taylor struck out, catcher Smith to first baseman Choi.

Kieboom flied out to center fielder Phillips.

Struck out, catcher Smith to first baseman Choi.

Nationals

Kieboom grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Adames to second baseman Wendle, Harrison scored, Thames out.

Grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Adames to second baseman Wendle, Harrison scored, Thames out.

Harrison singled to right, Holt scored, Suzuki to second.

Singled to right, Holt scored, Suzuki to second.

Taylor doubled to right, Suzuki scored, Thames scored, Kieboom to third.

Doubled to right, Suzuki scored, Thames scored, Kieboom to third.

Arozarena homered to left on a 1-2 count.

Nationals second.  Suzuki flied out to right fielder Lowe.  Harrison walked on four pitches.  Thames singled to center, Harrison to third.  Kieboom grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Adames to second baseman Wendle, Harrison scored, Thames out.  Taylor grounded out, second baseman Wendle to first baseman Choi.

Nationals third.  Robles doubled to left.  Eaton fouled out to right fielder Lowe, Robles to third.  Turner singled to left, Robles scored.  Holt lined out to left fielder Meadows.  Suzuki doubled to left, Turner scored.  Harrison fouled out to third baseman Tsutsugo.

Nationals sixth.  Richards pitching.  Holt doubled to right.  Suzuki singled to right, Holt to third.  Harrison singled to right, Holt scored, Suzuki to second.  Thames grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Adames unassisted, Suzuki to third, Harrison out.  Thames stole second.  Kieboom walked on a full count.  Taylor doubled to right, Suzuki scored, Thames scored, Kieboom to third.  Robles flied out to center fielder Kiermaier.  Eaton flied out to center fielder Kiermaier.

Rays eighth.  Rainey pitching.  Arozarena homered to left on a 1-2 count.  Wendle grounded out, second baseman Harrison to first baseman Thames.  Choi flied out to left fielder Taylor.  Adames struck out.

The Rays and Nationals open a two-game series, the first time playing one another since splitting their four meetings in 2018, with each team winning twice at home. Since its 1998 inaugural season, Tampa Bay is 14-3 (.824) against Washington when plating four of more runs - its best record vs. any team (min. eight such games) - and is 1-11 (.083) against the Nats when scoring three or fewer.

The Rays took two of three from the Marlins over the weekend, and have now won or tied their last 10 series. Tampa Bay, which also went 10 straight series without losing one in 2018, hasn't had a longer streak of consecutive series without a loss in a single season since 2013, when it won or tied 13 series in a row tying the franchise record from 2008.

The Rays are batting .186 this month -- second lowest in MLB, ahead of only the Reds at .183. The Nationals, meanwhile, have hit just three home runs this month -- tied with the Mariners for second fewest, ahead of only the A's with two.

Randy Arozarena homered twice Sunday, giving him three home runs through six games. He is the sixth Tampa batter to hit three home runs six games into this Rays career, and first since Lucas Duda in 2017.

The Nationals are averaging 8.21 runs in their wins, compared to 2.76 runs in their losses. That difference of 5.45 runs per game from wins to losses is the biggest in MLB. The biggest difference in runs per game from wins to losses in a completed season in the live-ball era is 5.25 by the 1936 Yankees.

Trea Turner leads MLB with 58 hits and is vying to become the first player in Washington franchise history to finish a season leading the majors in hits. Turner and Juan Soto, who is hoping to play in this series after missing the last three games with a sore elbow, have a combined .360/.432/.682 slash line with 20 homers this season, while the rest of the Nats are slashing .243/.308/.378 with 27 home runs.

HP - Wegner, 1B - Foster, 2B - Barber, 3B - Porter

The American League East-leading Tampa Bay Rays continue to get winning efforts from players they didn't pencil into their plans coming out of spring training 2.0.
Add outfielder Randy Arozarena to the list of unsung contributors helping the Rays (28-13), who open a two-game series against the Washington Nationals (14-25) in the nation's capital Monday night, to the AL's best record.

Rays try to get offense going against Nationals

WASHINGTON (AP)  For one night in this dud of a season for Washington, the defending World Series champion Nationals looked like themselves - getting a solid start from Max Scherzer, timely hitting and crisp defense.
That they did it with recently signed utilityman Brock Holt batting third and banged-up catcher Kurt Suzuki as the cleanup hitter shows just how awry things have gone for the Nationals in 2020.

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Washington Nationals on September 7, 2020

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