WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Riley Adams homered and drove in three in his first game against his former team, Erick Fedde won for the first time in more than two months and the Washington Nationals snapped a season-high, seven-game losing streak Tuesday night with a 12-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Adams, acquired last month from Toronto for reliever Brad Hand, had a career-high three hits. He delivered a two-run double in the eighth to provide some insurance after the Blue Jays trimmed a seven-run deficit to 8-6. The catcher also homered in the fourth.
鈥淚t was fun to see those guys and it鈥檚 definitely fun competing against them and trying to do my best out there,鈥� said Adams, who played in 12 games this year with Toronto. 鈥淲hen I saw I was catching Game 1 (of the series) tonight, there was definitely a little bit more excitement given the circumstances.鈥�
Yadiel Hernandez went deep and drove in three for the Nationals, who had dropped 12 of their last 13. Washington is 4-13 since a trade deadline selloff scattered Max Scherzer, Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner and others to playoff contenders.
Teoscar Hern谩ndez homered for the third consecutive game for Toronto, which has lost four of five since reaching a season-high 11 games over .500 on Wednesday.
鈥淲e just didn鈥檛 pitch good today,鈥� Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo said. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 pitch good, and when you don鈥檛 pitch good, you lose.鈥�
Fedde (5-8) was 0-4 with a 6.32 ERA in his previous 10 starts, and he needed 94 pitches to get through five innings against the Blue Jays. He allowed three runs on five hits 鈥� including Hern谩ndez鈥檚 two-run shot in the fifth 鈥� while striking out four.
鈥淲hat I loved about tonight is that he battled back,鈥� Washington manager Dave Martinez said. 鈥淔irst inning, he threw a lot of pitches. He came back out and threw a lot of pitches. But he kept battling and kept us in the ballgame.鈥�
Fedde also received plenty of support. Yadiel Hernandez homered off Toronto starter Alek Manoah (5-2) in the second, then was in the middle of a six-run outburst in the third.
Two batters after Alcides Escobar鈥檚 two-run double, Hernandez鈥檚 bases-loaded single sent home two more runs. Manoah鈥檚 errant pickoff attempt allowed Josh Bell to score, and Hernandez came around on Carter Kieboom鈥檚 sacrifice fly to make it 7-1.
It was Washington鈥檚 first six-run inning since doing so twice in an 18-1 rout of Miami on July 19. The Nationals鈥� 12 runs were also their most since then.
Manoah allowed seven runs in three innings, the shortest of his 12 starts with the Blue Jays.
TRAINER鈥橲 ROOM
Blue Jays: Toronto placed OF George Springer (left knee sprain) on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Sunday. Springer was injured while trying to make a catch Saturday at Seattle. Springer has played in only 49 games in the first season of his six-year, $150 million contract with the Blue Jays. 鈥� Montoyo said 鈥渢here鈥檚 a good chance鈥� LHP Tim Mayza (elbow inflammation) will be activated Wednesday. 鈥� Toronto recalled INF Otto Lopez from Triple-A Buffalo.
Nationals: Martinez said RHP Joe Ross was diagnosed with a sprained UCL and will not require Tommy John surgery for now. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 expect him to pitch any more this year because we want to make sure he鈥檚 completely healthy and that he鈥檚 ready to go in spring training,鈥� Martinez said. Ross is 5-9 with a 4.17 ERA.
STILL PERFECT
Toronto SS Bo Bichette improved to 18 of 18 on steal attempts when he swiped second in the third inning. He joins Kansas City鈥檚 Nicky Lopez (13) and Cleveland鈥檚 Amed Rosario (12) as the only players with double-digit steals without 小蓝视频 caught this season.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: RHP Jos茅 Berr铆os (8-6, 3.52 ERA) has faced Washington just once in his career, throwing seven shutout innings for Minnesota on Sept. 10, 2019.
Nationals: Rookie RHP Josiah Gray (0-1, 4.13) has a 2.81 ERA with 18 strikeouts over 16 innings in three starts since his July 30 acquisition from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Patrick Stevens, The Associated Press
