{"id":352552,"date":"2026-06-09T03:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352552\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T03:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:32:38","slug":"washington-nationals-at-san-francisco-giants-6-8-game-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/352552\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants 6\/8 Game Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nationals were unable to secure the sweep in Arizona<\/a> yesterday afternoon, dropping the ballgame 5-1 after former Nat Michael Soroka threw 7 brilliant innings of 1 run ball, and Cade Cavalli<\/a>, who allowed 4 runs in 5 innings of work, earned the loss. Still, it was a successful series for the Nats, as they took 2 out of 3, climbed back up to .500, and even raised their run differential above 0 again, thanks to a combined 20 runs in games 1 and 2.<\/p>\n

The Nats now continue their west coast trip with a stop in San Francisco<\/a> for a three game set with the Giants, who took 2 out of 3 from the Nats in DC back in April, but have yet to find their footing under first year manager Tony Vitello in 2026, with their 27-39 record ranking 2nd worst in the National League, and tied for 3rd worst in all of baseball.<\/p>\n

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The Nats will roll with a rather standard lineup for when they face a right-handed starter, with the only notable exception being Jacob Young<\/a> on the bench, causing Dylan Crews<\/a> to slide over into centerfield. Curtis Mead<\/a> will be making the start at first base rather than third base tonight, meaning Luis Garcia Jr. will be the designated hitter, and Jorbit Vivas<\/a> will get the start at third base. Starting the game off for the Nats will be Richard Lovelady<\/a>, who will work an inning or two before handing the ball off to Miles Mikolas<\/a> for the bulk of the innings.<\/p>\n

The Giants\u2019 lineup is not too dissimilar from their trip to DC back in April, with the most notable addition being DMV native Bryce Eldridge<\/a> up from Triple A and batting 6th for them tonight, playing first base. Getting the ball for the Giants will be their ace, Logan Webb<\/a>, whose 4.25 ERA is unusually high for him, but he is coming off a 7 shutout inning outing against the Brewers<\/a> last time out.<\/p>\n

Game Info:<\/p>\n

Stadium: Oracle Park<\/p>\n

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Time: 9:45 PM EST<\/p>\n

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Radio: 106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n

The Nationals did a good job of rebounding from their sweep at the hands of the Marlins by winning 2 out of 3 in Arizona, and they\u2019ll need to do it again against the Giants if they want to return home to DC with a winning record once more. Luckily for them, they will face a struggling Giants squad, who they were just a pitch or two away from winning the series against back in April. Follow along in the comments down below and let\u2019s go Nats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nationals were unable to secure the sweep in Arizona yesterday afternoon, dropping the ballgame 5-1 after former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1956,4117,69956,118965,112020,139780,32867,112021,25614,119366,144023,144024,101,103,102,104,106,105,47977,119515,73589,10892,19316],"class_list":["post-352552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-arizona","tag-brewers","tag-bryce-eldridge","tag-cade-cavalli","tag-curtis-mead","tag-dylan-crews","tag-jacob-young","tag-jorbit-vivas","tag-logan-webb","tag-miles-mikolas","tag-nat-michael-soroka","tag-richard-lovelady","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-the-giants","tag-the-nationals","tag-the-nats","tag-tony-vitello","tag-washington-nationals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}