Alex Call's RBI single lifts Nationals to 3-2 victory over Angels in 10 innings

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.

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)

BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and France on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in ceasefire talks to bring a halt to fighting in Ukraine and ramped up pressure on Moscow by insisting that he owes the United States an immediate answer.

Russia has effectively rejected a U.S. proposal for a full and immediate 30-day halt in the fighting after a Kremlin official said on Monday that Moscow views efforts to end its three-year war with Ukraine as “a drawn-out process.”

“Our judgment is that Putin continues to obfuscate, continues to drag his feet,” British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told reporters at NATO headquarters, standing alongside his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in a symbolic show of unity.

Britain and France are helping to lead a multinational effort known as the “coalition of the willing” to set up a force to police any future peace in Ukraine.

Lammy said that while Putin should be accepting a ceasefire, “he continues to bombard Ukraine. It’s civilian population. It’s energy supplies. We see you, Vladimir Putin. We know what you are doing.”

Barrot said that Ukraine had accepted ceasefire terms three weeks ago, and that Russia now "owes an answer to the United States.” U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with Putin and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he promised last year to bring the war to a swift conclusion.

“Russia has been flip-flopping, continuing its strikes on energy infrastructure, continuing its war crimes,” Barrot said. “It has to be ‘yes.’ It has to be ‘no.’ It has to be a quick answer.”

He said that Russia shows no intention of halting its military campaign, noting that Putin on Monday ordered a call-up intended to draft 160,000 conscripts for a one-year tour of compulsory military service.

The two foreign ministers pledged to continue helping to build up Ukraine’s armed forces – the country’s best security guarantee since the U.S. took any prospect of NATO membership off the table.

Coalition army chiefs were due to meet in Kyiv on Friday. Defense ministers from the group will meet at NATO headquarters next Thursday.

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrive to address the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot addresses the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy addresses the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot address the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot address the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)