The Nationals have lost six of their last 10
games, and were shut out for the second straight game.
Washington lost its second straight series.
Tommy Pham put the White Sox up 1-0 in the bottom of the third
inning when he hooked a double into the left-field corner,
driving home Braden Shewmake.
The ball took a sharply angled bounce off the bottom of the wall
in the corner and Nationals left fielder Ildemaro Vargas
struggled to corral it, allowing Shewmake to score from first
base, which he had reached on a fielder's choice.
The White Sox doubled their lead in the sixth when Andrew
Benintendi ripped a two-out double to left and scored on Lee's
sharp single up the middle.
The punchless Nationals haven't scored over 19 consecutive
innings, going back to the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader.
The Nationals didn't get a hit after Jacob Young's third-inning
single and were 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position. White
Sox pitchers issued five walks.
Left-hander Garrett Crochet (4-4) worked five scoreless innings,
scattering three hits. He struck out six against three walks
over an 89-pitch outing before giving way to reliever Jared
Shuster.
Shuster pitched two scoreless innings and Jordan Leasure pitched
a 1-2-3 eighth before Michael Kopech closed things out with two
strikeouts in the ninth for his fifth save.
Washington lefty Patrick Corbin (1-4) tossed 5 2/3 innings,
allowing two runs on six hits and two walks. He had no
strikeouts but induced nine ground-ball outs in his 82-pitch
effort.
The Nationals have scored two or fewer runs in all four of
Corbin's losses this season.
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