WASHINGTON (AP) — Heliot Ramos hit a three-run homer, Logan Webb pitched six solid innings and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 10-5 on Friday night.
Drew Gilbert and Casey Schmitt hit solo homers, and Matt Chapman had three hits and drove in three runs for the Giants, who had scored three runs or less in each of their past five games.
Ramos drove in his fourth run with a bases-loaded walk in the ninth.
Every batter in the San Francisco starting lineup had at least one hit and the Giants banged out 15 hits in winning their second straight after a four-game skid.
Webb (2-2) allowed four runs on seven hits. The 29-year-old right-hander struck out six and walked two.
James Wood and Daylen Lile homered, and Jose Tena had three hits for the Nationals in the opener of a seven-game homestand following a 5-2 trip.
Zack Littell (0-2) allowed eight runs on 11 hits in four innings for Washington.
The Giants, who entered the game averaging a league-low 3.05 runs per game, sent 10 men to plate and scored six times in the second inning. Heliot hit his three-run shot into the batter’s eye in center, Chapman lined a two-out, two-run single to left center and Rafael Devers doubled him home.
Gilbert hit a solo homer in the fourth and Chapman singled home another run.
Lile pulled the Nationals within 8-3 with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the inning.
Schmitt's homer in the seventh made it 9-4 before Wood answered with his sixth homer of the season, a solo shot to left center, in the bottom half.
San Francisco's Luis Arraez singled twice and has hit safely in each of his 12 career games at Nationals Park.
Giants RHP Adrian Houser (0-2, 5.06) opposes RHP Cade Cavalli (0-1, 4.60) on Saturday.
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Washington Nationals pitcher Zack Littell throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos celebrates after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, April 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
U.S. President Donald Trump said the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran, after Tehran said it had fully reopened the strait to commercial vessels but threatened to close it again over the U.S. blockade.
Asked by a reporter Friday night what he will do if there’s no deal when a ceasefire with Iran expires next week, Trump said, “I don’t know. Maybe I won’t extend it, but the blockade is going to remain. But maybe I won’t extend it, so you’ll have a blockade and unfortunately we’ll have to start dropping bombs again.”
However, Trump also told reporters accompanying him aboard Air Force One to Washington that, “I think it’s going to happen,” referring to a deal.
Questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on the strait and who got through, and threatened to close it again if the U.S. kept in place its blockade of Iranian ships and ports.
Iran’s Friday announcement about the opening of the crucial body of water, through which 20% of the world’s oil is shipped, came as a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon appeared to hold.
The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, nearly 2,300 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen U.S. service members have also been killed.
Here is the latest:
Iran’s Defense Ministry spokesperson said the Strait of Hormuz is only open during a ceasefire and conditionally, two Iranian semiofficial news agencies reported.
Brig. Gen. Reza Talaei-Nik said “military vessels and those linked to hostile forces have no right” of transit, according to the ISNA and Mehr news agencies.
Field Marshal Asim Munir has concluded a visit to Tehran, where he met senior Iranian leaders in an effort to ease tensions between Iran and the United States, the Pakistani military said Saturday.
It said the visit reflects Pakistan’s commitment to promoting peace, stability and a negotiated settlement to regional conflicts.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi accompanied Munir.
The delegation met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and held talks with Parliament Speaker Bagher Qalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and senior military officials.
Discussions focused on regional security, ongoing diplomatic efforts and steps to promote lasting peace.
Munir emphasized dialogue, de-escalation and resolving disputes through sustained engagement.
He also conveyed goodwill messages from Pakistan’s leadership and reaffirmed Islamabad’s desire to strengthen longstanding ties with Iran.
President Donald Trump flatly rejected the idea when a reporter asked about the prospect of restrictions or tolls managed by Iran on the Strait of Hormuz.
“Nope. No way. No. Nope,” Trump said. He said there can’t be tolls along with restrictions. “No, they’re not going to be tolls.”
Rescuers search for victims in the rubble of a destroyed building that was struck in Israeli airstrikes in the city of Tyre, south Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
A local resident walks among debris inside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
An Israeli soldier directs a military vehicle in northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A boy plays with a toy gun on the sidelines of a state-organized rally supporting the supreme leader, marking National Girls' Day, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight aboard Air Force One, Friday, April 17, 2026, while in route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
