Overview

• Bubba Chandler took a perfect game into the sixth and finished with six innings of one-run, two-hit ball with seven strikeouts and no walks on 81 pitches.
• Pittsburgh broke through in the eighth on two-run singles by Andrew McCutchen and Nick Yorke, and Jared Triolo added a solo homer in the ninth.
• The victory snapped a seven-game losing streak for the Pirates against the Washington Nationals in Washington, D.C.
• Reliever Carmen Mlodzinski earned the win, and Nationals reliever Cole Henry was charged with the loss after issuing two walks in the eighth.
• Reports differed on the final score, with the Associated Press listing 5-1 and some local outlets reporting 4-1, though all accounts note Triolo’s ninth-inning homer.