{"id":4046,"date":"2026-07-01T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:06:06","slug":"nationals-get-to-payton-tolle-for-six-runs-in-three-plus-innings-rout-red-sox-in-finale-to-take-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4046","title":{"rendered":"Nationals get to Payton Tolle for six runs in three-plus innings, rout Red Sox in finale to take series"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

The Red Sox\u2019 best homestand of the season came to a fizzling Fenway finish Wednesday, with the team enduring a 10-2 shellacking by the Nationals. The loss was the second straight against Washington, with the defeats coming by a combined score of 18-3, an anticlimactic conclusion to a Fenway Park stretch that had commenced with five straight victories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Americans step out for their nation\u2019s 250th in a proud moment sown with division and doubt<\/a><\/p>\n

The Nationals wasted no time in jumping on Sox starter Payton Tolle. With one out in the first inning, Curtis Mead drilled a 95-mile-per-hour sinker for a Triangle triple, and Andr\u00e9s Chaparro followed by belting a four-seamer at the same speed for a two-run homer to left.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Tolle recovered to put up zeroes in the next two innings, he ran out of steam by the fourth inning of a sweltering afternoon (game-time temperature of 95 degrees, the hottest at Fenway since 2022). <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

After he\u2019d averaged 96 m.p.h. on his four-seamer through three innings, Tolle\u2019s velocity dropped to 94 in the fourth, and he lost command of the zone. He gave up a homer to Nasim Nu\u00f1ez on a lifeless 92-m.p.h. fastball to start the inning, then gave up a single and two straight walks to end his day. All three runners eventually scored.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Provincetown official denounces false claim that town banned American flag on July 4: \u2018That\u2019s ridiculous\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\n
Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n
A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n