MacKenzie Gore equaled a career high with 13 strikeouts, Dylan Crews hit two home runs and the visiting Washington Nationals held off the Colorado Rockies 12-11 on Saturday in Denver.Gore (2-2) allowed two runs on four hits and two walks over six innings. Crews drove in four and James Wood went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs. Jose Tena drove in three for Washington, which snapped a two-game skid.Chase Dollander (1-2) allowed nine runs (six earned) on nine hits, striking out five and walking two over four-plus innings. Mickey Moniak homered, scored three runs and drove in four while Jordan Beck drove in three as the Rockies dropped their seventh in a row.Washington struck first in the top of the second, when Luis Garcia Jr.’s one-out single was followed by Crews’ first home run of the season, giving Washington a 2-0 lead.Colorado answered in the bottom of the frame as Moniak launched a two-run homer to knot the score at 2.Washington’s Josh Bell began the fourth with a home run before Garcia singled and stole second, then Crews reached on Dollander’s throwing error.Tena drove in the Nationals’ fourth run on a fielder’s choice. Three batters later, Wood connected on his seventh home run of the season, extending Washington’s lead to 7-2.Garcia reached for a third time in the fifth on a walk, which was followed by Crews’ second home run, pushing the Nationals’ advantage to 9-2 and chasing Dollander.
