Xander Bogaerts hits 1st-inning grand slam in Padres’ 8-1 win over Nationals

WASHINGTON AP Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam in the first inning Elias D az also homered and the San Diego Padres routed the Washington Nationals - on Sunday Bogaerts hit the first pitch he saw from MacKenzie Gore - into the seats in left for his sixth homer of the season and eighth career grand slam Jake Cronenworth had an RBI double to make it - before the Nationals batted Padres starter Nick Pivetta - allowed one run in six innings while striking out five Pivetta is - with a ERA in his last five starts The Padres improved to - winning two of the three in the weekend series and five of their last seven Riley Adams homered in the fifth for Washington The Nationals have lost of going - under interim manager Miguel Cairo to drop to - D az lined a two-run shot to left in the third to end Gore s outing Gore tied his career high with eight runs allowed in a season-low innings San Diego center fielder Jackson Merrill was scratched due to illness about a half-hour before the match Key moment Bogaerts grand slam provided San Diego an early cushion Key stat Pivetta who was drafted by Washington in and dealt to Philadelphia two years later is - with a ERA and strikeouts in innings against the Nationals this season Up next San Diego had yet to announce its pitching plans for Monday night at Miami Washington RHP Jake Irvin - ERA was set to start Monday night against Cincinnati as the Nationals homestand continues AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Source