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The Nationals (67-85) won for the second time
in their past eight games.
Luis Robert Jr. and Yoan Moncada homered for the White Sox
(58-94), who took their sixth loss in eight games.
Chicago trailed 4-2 before rallying in the ninth against Kyle
Finnegan, with Robert's leadoff double and Moncada's one-out
single producing a run. The game ended with two runners on base,
as Elvis Andrus lined out to right to seal Finnegan's 26th save.
White Sox starter Jose Urena pitched six strong innings and was
in line to notch his first victory since August 2022, when he
was pitching for the Colorado Rockies. Urena, who is 0-6
combined with the Rockies and the White Sox this year, held the
Nationals to one run and four hits while striking out four
without a walk.
Nationals right-hander Jackson Rutledge made his second career
major league appearance, and this one went much better. He
yielded only six hits, though two of those were homers, and two
runs in 6 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out two. In his
debut last Wednesday at Pittsburgh, Rutledge yielded seven runs
on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Moncada broke a 1-1 tie with his ninth home run of the season on
Rutledge's first pitch of the inning.
Robert Garcia (2-2) got the win after retiring both batters he
faced to complete the top of the seventh.
Robert, who went 3-for-4, hit his 37th home run of the season in
the fourth inning for a 1-0 Chicago lead. He had gone his first
12 September games without a long ball before hitting one out
Monday as the White Sox won the opener of the three-game series
6-1.
Washington tied the game in the sixth when Jacob Young led off
with a triple and scored two batters later on a sacrifice fly
from Lane Thomas.
--Field Level Media
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