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POST-GAME NOTES – FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2016 NATIONALS 5, GIANTS 1

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Winning Pitcher: Gio Gonzalez (7-9) Home Runs (Season Total, Inning off Pitcher, Runners On , Outs, Count) Losing Pitcher: Jeff Samardzija (9-8) SFG : Pagan (8, 4 th inning off Gonzalez, 0 on, 1 out, 2 -2 pitch) Save: None th WSH : Turner (2, 5 inning off Samardzij a, 0 on 1 out, 1 -1 pitch) Starters’ Pitch Count Ramos (17, 6 th inning off Samardzija, 0 on, 1 out, 3-1 pitch) Pitches Strikes Jeff Samardzjia 107 67 Gio Gonzalez 104 67

First Pitch: 7:05 p.m. GameTime Temp.: 80 degrees Time of Game: 2 hours, 26 minutes Attendance: 34,036

WASHINGTON NATIONALS (65-44)

-LHP Gio Gonzalez allowed one earned on two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings of work to earn his seventh win of the season…The two hits allowed were a season-low…It was Gonzalez’s longest start since June 9 at Chicago-AL (7.0 IP)…In five starts since July 10, Gonzalez is 3-1 with a 2.03 ERA (7 ER/31.0 IP).

-C Wilson Ramos set a new career-high with his 17 th of the season…It was a solo homer in the sixth inning off RHP Jeff Samardzija …Ramos also plated a run in the first inning with a sacrifice fly to right field…Ramos’ 16 home runs entering tonight were tied for first among (with LAD C Yasmani Grandal ).

-With a in the first inning, LF Jayson Werth has reached base safely in a career-high 36 games…It is the longest active streak in MLB and is tied with MIA OF Marcell Ozuna for the longest on-base streak this season (4/21-5/29).

-CF Trea Turner clubbed his second home run of the season, a solo shot in the fifth inning to extend Washington’s lead to 4-1…He also doubled and scored in the third inning to finish the night 2-for-4…In his last 11 games, Turner is hitting .362 (17-for-47) with three doubles, two triples, two home runs, nine RBI, two walks, five stolen bases and nine runs scored.

-2B Daniel Murphy plated the first run of the game with an RBI-single in the first inning, scoring LF Jayson Werth from third base…Murphy has hit safely in 17 of his last 19 games, going 27-for-64 (.422) with nine doubles, one , six home runs, 22 RBI, six walks and 15 runs scored during this stretch.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (62-47)

-LF Angel Pagan broke up LHP Gio Gonzalez’s no-hit bid with a solo shot to left field in the fourth inning…Pagan’s home run was his fourth of the year batting on the right side of the plate…With his home run, Pagan extends his hitting streak to five games, batting .273 (6-for-22) with two home runs, five RBI and four runs during the streak.

-CF Denard Span hit a ground ball up the middle for a single in the sixth inning, extending his hitting streak to five games...Span has eight hits in his last 15 at-bats, and is hitting .450 (9-for-20) with one , one triple, one home run, two RBI and five runs during his hitting streak.

-Entering tonight, the Giants have allowed 30 home runs in 18 games in the second half of the season, tied with the Royals for the most in the MLB during that time span .