Roupp pitches into seventh inning, Giants beat Nationals 4-0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Landen Roupp pitched into the seventh inning, Jung Hoo Lee had two hits and scored two runs, and the San Francisco Giants beat Washington 4-0 on Friday night, ending the Nationals' five-game winning streak.

Roupp (3-3) allowed five hits, struck out two and walked two before leaving after allowing a double and a walk to start the seventh.

Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore (2-5) also pitched in the seventh. After walking Lee to open the inning, Gore grimaced following a 1-0 pitch to Matt Chapman. Manager Dave Martinez and the trainer came out and, after a brief discussion, Gore left the game.

Gore said his left leg tightened up after he was hit by a comebacker earlier in the game.

Jackson Rutledge came on and walked Chapman to put runners on first and second with no outs. Wilmer Flores hit into a double play, but Willy Adames singled to score Lee from third and give the Giants a 1-0 lead. Rutledge then walked three straight hitters to force in San Francisco's second run.

Gore was charged with a run and two hits. He struck out nine and walked three while throwing 91 pitches. He bounced back from a start in which he allowed two runs and 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings while striking out nine in a no-decision against the Orioles.

The Giants scored two more runs in the eighth on Wilmer Flores' RBI single and a wild pitch by Andrew Chafin with the bases loaded.

Nationals outfielder Daylen Lile went 1 for 2 in his major league debut.

Randy Rodriguez replaced Roupp with the tying runs on base in the seventh and struck out Robert Hassell III and got Jose Tena to ground into a double play.

After starting the year with a 5.10 ERA in six games in April, Roupp has a 1.64 ERA in four starts this month.

Braves LHP Kyle Harrison (0-0, 3.38 ERA) makes his first start of the season in place of the injured Justin Verlander, and will face Nationals RHP Jake Irvin (3-1, 3.88).

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames, left, and Jung Hoo Lee, right, walk to the dugout before a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Camilo Doval, right, and catcher Patrick Bailey, left, celebrate after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.

Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and global distribution of the country's oil products.

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

The Cuban government said 32 of its military personnel were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro. The personnel from Cuba’s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.

“Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.”

Trump also responded to another account’s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: “Sounds good to me!” Trump said.

Trump and top administration officials have taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward Cuba, which had been kept economically afloat by Venezuela. Long before Maduro's capture, severe blackouts were sidelining life in Cuba, where people endured long lines at gas stations and supermarkets amid the island’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.

“It’s going down,” Trump said of Cuba. “It’s going down for the count.”

A person watches the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)