WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Call hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning, Mitchell Parker pitched 6 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run and the Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.
Washington earned its second walk-off win of the season and its first since April 20 against Houston.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Call hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning, Mitchell Parker pitched 6 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run and the Washington Nationals defeated the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jose Soriano throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jose Soriano throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Mitchell Parker follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell, right, is greeted by teammate Kevin Pillar at home plate on a two-run home run in which he also drove in Pillar during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals grounds crew assess the condition of the field after pulling off the tarp after a day of rain before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Nationals Park, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Mitchell Parker follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon fields a short ground ball on a hit by Washington Nationals' Alex Call during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto, left, tags out Washington Nationals' Alex Call, right, who was attempting to steal second base during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles’ Anthony Rendon had three hits in his first road game against Washington, where he played his first seven seasons. The Angels hadn't played a road game against the Nationals since 2017.
After rookie Nasim Nuñez sacrificed automatic runner Jacob Young to third against Matt Moore (5-3), Angels manager Ron Washington summoned right-hander Ben Joyce from the bullpen. Call worked a full count before lining a shot off the drawn-in Luis Guillorme at second base to score the winning run.
Kyle Finnegan (3-5) pitched two scoreless innings for the Nationals.
Rendon, who logged his first seven seasons with the Nationals before signing a seven-year, $245 million contract with the Angels, had not played in Washington since helping the franchise win the World Series in 2019. The Nationals showed a tribute on the video board before the game and Rendon was cheered before his first plate appearance. He was 3 for 5 with a stolen base.
Kevin Pillar led off the second with a single off Parker, who later had Pillar picked off but threw it beyond the grasp of first baseman Juan Yepez. Two batters later, Adell smashed a first-pitch offering over the visitor’s bullpen in left-center for his team-high 17th home run of the season.
Parker gave up two runs — neither earned -- and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked none.
Los Angeles starter José Soriano yielded four hits over six innings while striking out seven. Washington scored its only run against him on Keibert Ruiz’s one-out fielder’s choice grounder in the first.
The Nationals tied it in the eighth against José Quijada on a pair of one-out singles from Call and Luis García Jr. and Yepez’s sacrifice fly to center, which scored Call.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: Los Angeles reinstated OF Taylor Ward from the paternity list and optioned INF Charles Leblanc to Triple-A Salt Lake.
Nationals: SS CJ Abrams was scratched from the lineup about an hour before the game. … RHP Jordan Weems (shin splints) threw a bullpen session Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Los Angeles RHP Griffin Canning (4-10, 5.10 ERA) looks to win back-to-back starts for the first time this season as the series continues. Washington counters with LHP Patrick Corbin (2-12, 5.88), who is 0-3 with a 9.56 ERA in his first three attempts to earn his 100th career victory.
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Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell, left, is greeted by Angels third base coach Eric Young Sr., right, on his way home on a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jose Soriano throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jose Soriano throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Mitchell Parker follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell, right, is greeted by teammate Kevin Pillar at home plate on a two-run home run in which he also drove in Pillar during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals grounds crew assess the condition of the field after pulling off the tarp after a day of rain before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Nationals Park, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Mitchell Parker follows through during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon fields a short ground ball on a hit by Washington Nationals' Alex Call during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto, left, tags out Washington Nationals' Alex Call, right, who was attempting to steal second base during the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire will elect a female governor for the third time in November after former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig won their respective primaries Tuesday.
The governor's office is an open seat for the first time since 2016 thanks to Republican Gov. Chris Sununu's decision against seeking a fifth two-year term.
Though six candidates were competing in the Republican primary, the race largely was between Ayotte and former state Senate President Chuck Morse, while on the Democratic side, Craig had the most competition from Cinde Warmington, a member of the governor's Executive Council.
New Hampshire has elected two female governors, both of whom are now in the U.S. Senate — Democrats Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan. But Ayotte, who was New Hampshire’s first female attorney general, said she is more interested in following in Sununu’s footsteps.
“Over the last eight years under Gov. Sununu’s leadership, this state has been rocking it,” she told supporters in Manchester. "And this election is about making sure New Hampshire remains that way.”
Craig served on the Manchester school board and board of aldermen before being elected as the city’s first female mayor in 2017. She said leading the state’s largest city for three terms gives her the experience to be governor, though critics blamed her for its ongoing struggles with homelessness and crime.
In remarks to supporters, Craig said she is prepared to tackle the state's housing crisis, strengthen public schools and expand access to reproductive health care. She also accused Ayotte of lying about her record.
“The last thing our state needs is a governor pitting people and communities against each other,” Craig said. “She is the most extreme threat to reproductive freedoms our state has ever seen and is too dangerous for New Hampshire. But I know that with all of your hard work and support, we will win in November and create a brighter future for our state.”
After five years as attorney general, Ayotte served one term in the U.S. Senate before narrowly losing her seat to Hassan in 2016. She focused much of her campaign on stoking anti-Massachusetts sentiment with her “Don’t Mass it up” slogan, leaning less on the traditional anti-tax rhetoric and more on crime and immigration.
In contrast to its first-in-the-nation presidential primary, New Hampshire is among the last states to hold state-level primary elections, leaving the winners just eight weeks to woo voters before Nov. 5.
As in the governor's race, there was no incumbent running in the 2nd Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster is retiring after six terms. The seat has not been open since 2010.
Former White House aide Maggie Goodlander won the Democratic primary for that seat, defeating former Executive Councilor Colin Van Ostern, who previously ran for governor and secretary of state and had been endorsed by Kuster.
Goodlander, who is married to President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, grew up in Nashua and recently moved back there from Washington. She worked in the Justice Department as a top antitrust official and as counsel to Attorney General Merrick Garland before moving to the White House chief of staff’s office earlier this year.
“I got into this campaign to fight for our freedoms, our economic freedom, the freedom to vote and absolutely the freedom for us to have control over own bodies,” Goodlander told supporters in Nashua. “In Congress, I am going to approach every single day, every single vote, by asking myself a very simple question: What is this going to mean for the people of the Second District?”
In the Republican 2nd District primary, second-time candidate Lily Tang Williams defeated a dozen opponents to finish first this time.
A native of China who became a U.S. citizen, Tang Williams calls herself the embodiment of the American Dream. She said she wants to go to Congress to keep that dream alive and to tackle inflation, the border crisis and the weaponization of government.
In the 1st Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas won the Democratic primary as he seeks a fourth term, defeating Kevin Rondeau, who ran in the Republican primary two years ago before switching parties.
Pappas, who considers himself a pragmatic voice in Washington, has said he expects immigration and abortion rights to be the top issues in the general election. He said the Republican primary candidates did little more than express devotion to former President Donald Trump and regurgitate anti-abortion talking points.
His seat flipped five times in seven election cycles before he won his first term in 2018.
The GOP 1st District contest featured seven candidates, including former state Sen. Russell Prescott, Manchester Alderman Joseph Kelly Lavasseur and business executives Hollie Noveletsky, Chris Bright and Walter McFarlane.
Associated Press Writer Kathy McCormack contributed to this report.
Former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig participates in Democratic debate for New Hampshire governor, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (Derek Stokely/WMUR-TV via AP)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte celebrates at her victory party after winning GOP nomination for New Hampshire governor at Bonfire in Manchester, N.H., on Primary Day Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte celebrates at her victory party after winning the GOP nomination for New Hampshire governor at Bonfire in Manchester, N.H., on Primary Day Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (David Lane/Union Leader via AP)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte waves to the crowd at Bonfire Country Bar in Manchester, N.H., after winning the Republican primary against former state Senate President Chuck Morse on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP)
Voters fill out ballots, in a primary election to pick candidates for governor, the U.S. House, and the state Legislature, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Voters, right, enter booths to fill out ballots Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashua, N.H., in a primary election to pick candidates for governor, the U.S. House, and the state Legislature. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Voters fill out ballots, in a primary election to pick candidates for governor, the U.S. House, and the state Legislature, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A voter enters a booth to fill out a ballot in a primary election to pick candidates for governor, the U.S. House, and the state Legislature, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
A voter enters a booth fill out a ballot in a primary election to pick candidates for governor, the U.S. House, and the state Legislature, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Democratic candidates For New Hampshire governor Restaurant owner Jon Kiper, left, Former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, center, and Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington debate, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (Derek Stokely/WMUR-TV via AP)
Democratic congressional candidates Maggie Goodlander, left, and Colin Van Ostern shake hands after the Live Free or Die Debates at the Rosamond Page Putnam Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of New England College in Henniker, N.H., Wednesday evening, Sept. 4, 2024. The candidates are hoping to replace U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster who is not running for reelection. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP)
Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, right, speaks during a Republican gubernatorial candidate debate with former state Senate president Chuck Morse on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (Derek Stokely/WMUR-TV via AP)
Republican gubernatorial candidates Kelly Ayotte and Chuck Morse shake hands at the end of their debate at the Rosamond Page Putnam Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of New England College in Henniker, N.H., Wednesday night, Sept. 4, 2024. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP)
