Game Details

  • Washington Nationals (24-29) vs. Seattle Mariners (29-23)

  • Pitching Matchup: LHP Mitchell Parker (4-3, 4.39 ERA) vs. RHP Logan Evans (2-1, 3.33 ERA)

  • Date: Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 | 9:40 p.m. EDT | Game: #54 | Road Game: #27

  • Location: T-Mobile Park | Seattle, WA

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Game storylines and notes

The Nationals will kick off a six-game, six-game West Coast road trip that includes stops in Seattle and Arizona. Tonight, the Nationals will face the Seattle Mariners for the first time in 2025 and are scheduled to send LHP Mitchell Parker to the mound, who has a 4-3 record and a 4.39 ERA, and are scheduled to face RHP Logan Evans with a 2-1, 3.33 ERA.

Washington Nationals Schedule
Up Next…

On Deck…

The Nationals will continue their mid-week series against the Seattle Mariners and are scheduled to send right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams, who has a 2-5 record and a 6.39 ERA. On May 25, 2024, Trevor Williams tied his season high with eight strikeouts over five innings of one-run baseball in Seattle.

The Nationals are scheduled to face right-handed pitcher George Kirby of the Mariners.

In the hole.

The Nationals will play game three of their series against the Mariners. The Nationals will send left-handed pitcher MacKenzie Gore (2-5, 3.47), while the Nationals will face RHP Emerson Hancock (2-2, 5.95) from the Mariners.

The Wild Wild West

Washington has faced National League West opponents in three series this season, winning two out of three games in each matchup for a combined 7-4 record. The Nationals took two games from the Diamondbacks at home on April 5 and 6, then extended their winning streak to four by defeating the Dodgers twice on April 7 and 8. They later claimed two victories against the Rockies at Coors Field on April 19 and 20.


Hey Now, You're An All-Star…

CJ Abrams remains hot. In Sunday afternoon’s game, Abrams went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Over Abrams’ last 16 games, he is 22-for-68 (.324) with five doubles and 12 runs scored. So far this season, with 160 at-bats, Abrams is hitting .294 with eight home runs, 19 RBI, nine stolen bases, and an OPS of.883

During May, Abrams hit .303 with a slugging percentage of .517, with four home runs, eight RBI, seven doubles, 27 hits, and 18 runs over 89 at-bats. Currently, Abrams ranks 9th in the NL in batting average (.294), 25th in the NL in On-base percentage (.352). Lastly, Abrams is 68-for-24 with 10 RBI, six home runs, 24 hits, and has a batting percentage of .353 away from Nationals Park this season. Abrams is currently tied in fourth place across Major League Baseball in leadoff home runs with four.

Entering Sunday’s game, leads all MLB shortstops with a .532 slugging percentage and ranks second with an .887 OPS. Additionally, Abrams holds the sixth-best batting average among all MLB shortstops and third-best in the National League, hitting .295.

On the mound for the Washington Nationals
Mitchell Parker

On the road again….

Mitchell Parker has yet to earn a win on the road this season. In 2024, he posted a 2-6 record with a 6.61 ERA away from Nationals Park, allowing 46 earned runs and seven home runs over 14 games and 62.2 innings pitched. This season, Parker has a 0-2 record with a 5.66 ERA in away games, surrendering 13 runs, 17 hits, and one home run across 20.2 innings in four starts. Additionally, Parker went 0-2 last year in his four-game appearances and 19.1 innings pitched in a Dome in 2024.

In his last appearance on May 20th against the Atlanta Braves, Parker pitched 5.0 innings, giving up seven runs, six earned runs on seven hits, throwing 96 pitches, 59 of them strikes.

vs. the Seattle Mariners.

Mitchell Parker will make his first career start against the Mariners tonight.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS BY THE NUMBERS

The Washington Nationals have the following records.

  • Day: 11-16 | Night: 13-13 | Home Record: 13-14 | Road Record: 11-15

  • A.L. Teams: 6-6 | N.L. Teams: | A.L. West: 7-4

  • Month Record: 11-11 | Current Streak: L1 | Previous Month Record: 12-15

  • Series Opener: 8-9 | Series Opener on the Road: 3-5

Opposition Research
Seattle Mariners

Since May 13, Seattle’s pitching staff is 7-5 with a 2.46 ERA (29 earned runs in 106 innings), recording 95 strikeouts against 21 walks. The Mariners have held opponents to three runs or fewer in nine of those 12 games. Over this stretch, their 2.46 ERA is second in MLB to the Yankees (2.00), and their 4.52 strikeout-to-walk ratio leads the league, ahead of the Yankees (4.03).

ON THE MOUND FOR THE HOME TEAM
Logan Evans

RHP Logan Evans will take the mound tonight in his first career start against the Washington Nationals and get his sixth start. Entering tonight’s game, Evans has a 2-1 record with an ERA of 3.33 over 27.0 innings pitched and striking out 21 batters. In his last appearance on May 21st against the Chicago White Sox, Evans went 6.0 innings, giving up four runs on six hits, striking out seven, throwing 90 pitches with 58 strikes. During May, Evans has a 1-1 record with an ERA of 3.27, giving up four runs, on 28 hits over 22.0 innings pitched. He recorded 18 strikeouts and threw 357 pitches, 223 of them being strikes. Evans is the first Mariners pitcher to go at least 5.0 innings in each of his first 5 Major League games since teammate Bryce Miller did it in 2023.

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