May 7, 2023 - Major League Baseball

May 7, 2023

Joey Meneses of the Nationals running out the go-ahead homer against the Diamondbacks.

Nationals Avoid the Sweep against the Diamondbacks

James Marshall
May 7, 2023

Major League Baseball
National League

Nationals 9, Diamondbacks 8 PHOENIX, May 7 — Joey Meneses hit a three-run home run in the top of the ninth to bring the Washington Nationals back and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-8. In the process, the Nationals avoided a sweep at the hands of the Diamondbacks. In front of 17,174 fans, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. […]

Christian Walker scores the winning run for the Diamondbacks against the Nationals as Alek Thomas leaps in jubilation.

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Diamondbacks Walk It Off — Literally — against Nationals

Evan M. Thompson, Editor-in-chief
May 7, 2023

Arizona Diamondbacks
Washington Nationals

Diamondbacks 8, Nationals 7 PHOENIX, May 6 — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went 4-for-5 with the game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth, an RBI, and two runs scored, and Pavin Smith drew the game-winning bases-loaded walk in the same frame to save the game for the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8–7, over the Washington Nationals […]