Major League Baseball
Washington 3, Colorado 0
When: 1:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 19, 2021
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Nick Mahrley, 1B - David Rackley, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 26303

Juan Soto homered to help the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 win over visiting Colorado on Sunday, snapping the Rockies' five-game winning streak.

Paolo Espino (5-5) and five relievers combined on a five-hitter, cooling what had been a hot Colorado lineup. Espino allowed three hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked three.

Kyle Finnegan, who had blown his past two save chances, pitched the ninth for his 10th save.

Charlie Blackmon had two doubles for the Rockies (70-79), who finished 7-2 on their road trip to Philadelphia, Atlanta and Washington. The Rockies averaged six runs per game over the first eight games of the trip.

Soto has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games, going 20-for-41 (.488) with two homers, six RBIs and 10 runs scored.

Josh Bell reached base four times with two singles and two walks for Washington (61-88), which had lost three straight.

Colorado starter Jon Gray (8-11) allowed two runs on three hits and two walks in four innings. He struck out five.

The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Alcides Escobar singled and stole second, Bell walked and Yadiel Hernandez singled, scoring Escobar.

With two outs in the third, Soto connected on a 1-0 slider from Gray and sent it 454 feet to center for his 26th home run.

Colorado threatened with two outs in the sixth. Blackmon walked and Trevor Story followed with a single. Austin Voth replaced Espino and walked C.J. Cron to load the bases, but Ryan McMahon flied out.

In the Washington sixth, Bell and Hernandez opened with singles. Carter Kieboom grounded into a double play, with Bell going to third. Kiebert Ruiz was hit by a pitch and Luis Garcia followed by grounding an RBI single to right.

Blackmon doubled with two outs in the eighth and Story reached on an infield single, but Andres Machado came on to strike out McMahon.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   Washington
Jon Gray Player Paolo Espino
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 5.2
5 Strikeouts 7
3 Hits 3
4.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Colorado   Washington
Charlie Blackmon Player Josh Bell
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.667 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 5 0 7 .167 13 12 0 5 1 1
Washington 7 1 10 .233 10 6 3 2 1 0