Miles Mikolas’ 7 shutout innings lift Nationals to 10-1 rout of Mariners
Patrick Stevens / Associated Press | Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 1 week, 1 day AGO
Seattle Mariners pitcher Emerson Hancock throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Miles Mikolas pitched seven shutout innings in relief of an opener, and the Washington Nationals scored five runs in the fourth inning to pull away from the Seattle Mariners 10-1 on Sunday.
Keibert Ruiz and James Wood homered for Washington.
Seattle has lost four of five and went 4-6 on its road trip that included stops in Detroit and Baltimore.
Mikolas (2-5) retired 20 of the 23 batters he faced to earn his first victory since May 6. He struck out three and allowed three singles.
With the game tied at 1-1, the Nationals opened the fourth with five consecutive hits against Emerson Hancock (5-3). The key hits included Ruiz’s go-ahead single to left, Daylen Lile’s RBI double to right and Nasim Nuñez’s two-run single against a drawn-in infield.
Nuñez moved up to third on Hancock’s errant pickoff attempt and beat first baseman Josh Naylor’s throw home on Jorbit Vivas’ grounder to make it 6-1.
Hancock allowed six runs in four innings while striking out two. It was the first time the right-hander failed to complete five innings in 14 starts this season.
Seattle closer Andrés Muñoz, pitching for the first time since Monday, faced two batters in the eighth before leaving the game. Manager Dan Wilson said Muñoz had lower back tightness and was day to day.