Trevor Story leads Red Sox rout of Nationals
Story added three singles, drove in four runs and scored three for Boston, which won for the third time in four games. Jarren Duran had two hits and three RBIs for the Red Sox, who collected four hits on the day.
Giolito (5-1), facing the team that drafted him in 2012 for the first time, allowed a run on four hits in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked three in his first Nationals Park appearance since his rookie season in 2016.
Michael Soroka (3-6) was charged with seven runs on nine hits in four-plus innings for the Nationals.
Washington's Daylen Lile extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a ninth-inning RBI double. Nationals catcher Keibert Ruiz went 1-for-4 in his return from the injured list after he was hit in the head with a foul ball while in the dugout on June 24.
Boston opened the scoring in the second inning, starting with a leadoff single from Story, who promptly stole second. Then, with one out, Ceddanne Rafaela doubled to plate Story. Raffaela advanced to third on a groundout and scored on Duran's single.
The Red Sox broke it open with a seven-run fifth, which began with a Roman Anthony doubl, an Abraham Toro walk and a Carlos Narvaez single to load the bases.
After also walking Wilyer Abreu to force in a run, Story grounded a single to center to score two runs and put an end to Soroka's day. Marcelo Mayer singled off Zach Brzykcy to score Abreu, making it 6-0. Brzykcy retired the next two batters, but Duran doubled in two runs and Toro later added an RBI single to boost the lead to 9-0.
Washington got on the board when CJ Abrams singled to open the sixth, stole second and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Luis Garcia Jr.
Story capped his day with a two-run home run, his 13th of the season, in the eighth inning to make it 11-1.
--Field Level Media
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