Mariners right-hander George Kirby set a major league record by throwing 24 straight strikes to start the game, but Ildemaro Vargas hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning that lifted the Washington Nationals to a 3-1 win Wednesday. FOX13
Kirby gave up five hits and one run before throwing his first ball to Joey Meneses in the third. Kirby topped the mark of 21 consecutive strikes to open by Joe Musgrove for Pittsburgh against St. Louis in 2018.Rodriguez hit his 20th home run, tying it at 1 in the eighth.
Vargas homered with two outs off Paul Sewald , who had not given up an earned run since July 26. It was his third homer of the year, two of them for Washington after he began the year with the Chicago Cubs.
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