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)

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy" Combs faces federal charges in New York, his lawyer said late Monday.

Details of the charges weren't immediately announced by prosecutors, but Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, issued a statement saying: “We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”

He added that Combs had gone to New York last week in anticipation of the charges being brought.

“He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal,” Agnifilo said.

Criminal charges would be a major but not unexpected takedown of one of the most prominent producers and most famous names in the history of hip-hop.

The federal investigation of the 58-year-old Combs was revealed when Homeland Security Investigations agents served simultaneous search warrants and raided Combs' mansions in Los Angeles and Miami on March 25.

His defense attorney Aaron Dyer the day after the raids called them “a gross use of military-level force,” said the allegations were “meritless,” and said Combs was “innocent and will continue to fight" to clear his name.

Combs, then known as Puff Daddy, was at the center of the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop battles of the 1990s as the partner and producer of the Notorious B.I.G., who was shot and killed in 1997. But like many of those who survived the era, his public image had softened with age into a genteel host of parties in Hollywood and the Hamptons, a fashion-forward businessman, and a doting father who spoiled his kids, some of whom lost their mother in 2018.

But a different image began emerging in November, when his former protege and girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, became the first of several people to sue him for sexual abuse with stories of a steady stream of sex workers in drug-fueled settings where some of those involved were coerced or cajoled into sex.

In her November lawsuit, Cassie alleged years of abuse, including beatings and rape. Her suit also alleged Combs engaged in sex trafficking by “requiring her to engage in forced sexual acts in multiple jurisdictions” and by engaging in “harboring and transportation of Plaintiff for purposes of sex induced by force, fraud, or coercion.” It also said he compelled her to help him traffic male sex workers Combs would force Cassie to have sex with while he filmed.

The suit was settled settled the following day, but its reverberations would last far longer. Combs lost lingering allies, supporters and those reserving judgment when CNN in May aired a leaked video of him punching Cassie, kicking her and throwing her on the floor in a hotel hallway.

The following day, in his first real acknowledgement of wrongdoing since the stream of allegations began, Combs posted a social media video apologizing, saying “I was disgusted when I did it” and “I’m disgusted now.” Cassie’s lawsuit was followed by at least a half-dozen others in the ensuing months.

In February, a music producer filed a lawsuit alleging Combs coerced him to solicit prostitutes and pressured him to have sex with them.

Another of Combs’ accusers was a woman who said the rap producer raped her two decades ago when she was 17.

Another woman who filed a lawsuit, April Lampos, said she was a college student in 1994 when she met Combs and a series of “terrifying sexual encounters” with Combs and those around him began that lasted for years.

Combs and his attorneys denied nearly all of the lawsuits’ allegations.

While authorities did not publicly say that the lawsuits set off the criminal investigation, Dyer said when the warrants were served that the case was based on “meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”

The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Cassie and Lampros did.

As the founder of Bad Boy Records, Combs became one of the most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the past three decades Along with the Notorious B.I.G. he worked with a slew of top-tier artists including Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and 112.

Combs’ roles in his businesses beyond music — including lucrative private-label spirits, a media company and the Sean John Fashion line — took major hits when the allegations arose.

The consequences were even greater when the leaked beating video emerged. Howard University cut ties with him, and he returned his key to the city of New York at the request of the mayor.

FILE - Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of "The Four: Battle For Stardom" at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)