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Avisail Garcia powers Brewers past Nationals
Field Level Media
30 May 2021, 06:40 GMT+10
Avisail Garcia homered and drove in three runs to lift the visiting Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals on Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader.
Garcia belted a two-run homer in the first inning for the Brewers, who have won five of their last seven.
Freddy Peralta (5-1) recorded his first career complete game, allowing one run on four hits with seven strikeouts.
Washington lost for the third time in its last four games.
The Nationals fell behind early on Garcia s two-out, 378-foot blast off left-hander Patrick Corbin (3-4), who gave up four runs on four hits over five innings.
Trea Turner and Josh Bell hit run-scoring singles in the sixth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati 5-3 Thursday in the completion of a suspended game.
When the Washington Nationals host the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night to open a three-game series, it will be the Brewers first game in Washington since the