“I can’t describe it right now,” Garcia said through an interpreter after Sunday’s victory. “Everybody sees that my confidence is just at another level, and I think that’s something every batter wants to have.”
The first baseman has three multi-homer games this season.
“Super impressive,” Washington starting pitcher Zack Littell said. “It gets hidden a little bit behind CJ [Abrams] and James [Wood], and that also makes him that much more dangerous [because] guys probably don’t put as much stock into facing him as they should.”
Here’s a preview of Monday’s series opener.
NATIONALS (43-42): Wood LF, Chaparro DH, Mead 3B, Abrams SS, Crews RF, Young CF, Garcia Jr. 1B, Nuñez 2B, Ruiz C
Pitching: RHP Miles Mikolas (2-6, 5.24 ERA)
RED SOX (36-46): Yoshida DH, Rafaela CF, Abreu RF, Contreras 1B, Duran LF, Durbin 3B, Seigler 2B, Narváez C, Cheng SS
Pitching: LHP Ranger Suarez (3-3, 2.83 ERA)
Time: 7:10 p.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Nationals vs. Suarez: CJ Abrams 0-9, Andrés Chaparro 0-3, Dylan Crews 1-4, Luis García Jr. 1-8, Nasim Nuñez 0-3, Keibert Ruiz 1-8, James Wood 1-5, Jacob Young 3-5
Red Sox vs. Mikolas: Wilyer Abreu 2-3, Willson Contreras 7-19, Jarren Duran 1-9, Caleb Durbin 4-7, Romy González 1-2, Andruw Monasterio 1-5, Carlos Narváez 1-2, Ceddanne Rafaela 2-4, Connor Wong 0-2, Masataka Yoshida 0-3
Stat of the day: Garcia Jr. is 10-for-19 (.526) with six home runs, nine RBIs, two doubles, three walks, and eight runs scored in his last six games.
Notes: After losing Friday to Baltimore, the Nationals bounced back to defeat the Orioles on Saturday and Sunday. … On Sunday, the Red Sox scored three runs in the bottom of the 10th after surrendering a 2-0 lead in the ninth and allowing New York to take a 4-2 lead in the 10th. Jarren Duran provided the game-winning hit when his single drove in Masataka Yoshida to break a 4-4 tie. … Nationals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas is 1-1 with a 6.59 ERA in three career starts against Boston. He allowed 17 hits in 13⅔ innings. … Red Sox starter Ranger Suarez is 8-2 with a 3.98 ERA in 17 career games (10 starts) against Washington.
Information from Field Level Media was used in this report.
Matt Pepin can be reached at matt.pepin@globe.com.
