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Tolman

Tolman gave up three hard-hit balls, but all turned into outs, with third baseman Brady House making a jumping catch on a J.T. Realmuto liner to end the game. Tolman, who just made his MLB debut on Aug. 22, has three of the Nationals’ last four saves, and it looks like he’ll finish out the year as their primary closer.

Tolman’s second save of the season didn’t come easy. After retiring Jose Siri and Vaughn Grissom to start the inning, Tolman would walk Oswalda Peraza, who eventually made his way to second base without a throw. Peraza would come around to score on an RBI double by Christian Moore soon after, but Tolman would get Kyren Paris to fly out to end any hopes the Angels had of a comeback. Tolman is 2-for-3 in his three save opportunities this season.

Tolman earns his first trip to the big leagues after compiling an underwhelming 5.23 ERA, 1.61 WHIP and 42/23 K/BB ratio across 31 innings at the Triple-A level this season. The unheralded 27-year-old will operate in low-leverage duty for Washington.