The rookie center fielder made a stellar throw to end a Toronto rally in the eighth inning, then Kyle Finnegan danced out of danger in the ninth for a 5-4 win.
Even with the Nationals’ lead still at two, the ninth inning brought plenty of drama. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with nobody out on two singles and a walk. After a strikeout, closer Kyle Finnegan surrendered a run on a bouncer by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — getting help from third baseman Ildemaro Vargas and first baseman Dominic Smith on another strong defensive play — but then got Danny Jansen to pop out to end the game and Washington’s two-game skid.
In that play in the eighth, Young nearly ran into let fielder Alex Call, who had entered as a defensive replacement. But he called him off in time to make the play. Young became the first player in Nationals history to record his first hit, stolen base and outfield assist in the same game. Kieboom handed a lead to MacKenzie Gore, from whom the Nationals needed innings after Josiah Gray managed just two Monday night. But Gore was inefficient, too. He threw 18 pitches in the first inning, 38 in the second.
It appeared Gore was doomed to a short outing, especially after Toronto’s Davis Schneider hit a solo home run to open the third, cutting the Nationals’ lead to 2-1. But he made it through five innings on 106 pitches. Still, the Blue Jays fouled off a third of his fastballs on the night.In the fifth inning, Ruiz gave the Nationals three insurance runs with a home run to left that later proved critical.
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