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Here are the latest headlines and analyses around the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball for today, June 12.

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Welcome to the Morning Briefing! The Nationals won game one of the series but lost Gallo to an injury. Let’s talk about it.

Leading this Morning's Briefing: Nats win and Gallo heads to the injured list

Despite Mitchell Parker having the worst start of his major league career, the Nationals won the game. Parker allowed four runs, all technically unearned, off four hits and three walks over 4.2 innings. The initial error was Parker’s but Luis García Jr. had a throwing error to help Riley Greene have an inside-the-park grand slam.

The Nats battled though, tying the game up in the top of the eighth which inevitably led to their 5-4 victory. Abrams had the only extra-base hit, a triple. Lane Thomas hit a sac fly to drive in Jacob Young to get the final run.

Washington Nationals kick off a three game series against the Tigers with a win

Richard • Jun 12, 2024

Detroit, MI—Tonight, the Washington Nationals kicked off a quick three-game series against the Detroit Tigers with a win in extra innings, 5-4. The Nationals scored five runs on five hits. They have a record of 31-35 and are .500 18-18 away from Nationals Park this season. The Nationals are 14-16 in interleague play and are 3-6 against AL Central teams.Read full story →

In the game, Joey Gallo went down with an apparent hamstring injury. We’ve reported that Trey Lipscomb is the lucky man to get called up. He is the only player on the 40-man roster that can cameo at first base currently. So far in Triple-A this season, Lipscomb has hit .247/.286/.290. On the 40-man, Stone Garrett makes little to no sense either, as he has just one extra-base hit in almost 100 Triple-A plate appearances.

Juan Yepez, an offseason minor league signing is probably the next best available option, with a .239/.343/.415 triple slash.

Jake Irvin (4-5, 3.12 ERA) will take on Reese Olson (1-7, 3.43 ERA) tonight at 6:40 p.m. ET and the game will be televised on MASN2.

Down in the Minors

The Red Wings lost 10 to 0 to the Scranton/WB RailRiders. Darren Baker and Riley Adams were the only two to get hits.

The Senators lost 2-1 to the Bowie Baysox. Dermis Garcia, Andrew Pinckney, J.T. Arruda, and Israel Pineda all hit singles, with no extra-base hits for the Senators.

The Blue Rocks lost to the Jersey Shore BlueClaws 5-4. Gavin Dugas homered and Phillip Glasser doubled. Luke Young tossed six innings but allowed all five runs. Daylen Lile and Kevin Made both got hits.

The FredNats lost 3-1 to the Carolina Mudcats. Cristhian Vaquero went 2-3 with a double and a walk. Nathaniel Ochoa Leyva doubled as well. Marcus Brown got two hits, both singles.

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