WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Foster Griffin pitched seven innings of one-run ball as the Washington Nationals defeated the Athletics 5-2 on Sunday evening at Sutter Health Park. Griffin allowed eight hits, struck out two and improved to 11-2. Clayton Beeter earned his eighth save despite allowing a run in the ninth. CJ Abrams hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to break the game open. Washington scored single runs in the third and fourth before Abrams’ blast made it 4-1. The Athletics got a run in the third on Tyler Soderstrom’s RBI single and another in the ninth on Jacob Wilson’s base hit, but could not complete the comeback. Jacob Lopez took the loss, allowing two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. The Nationals evened their record at 50-50, while the Athletics fell to 42-57. Attendance was 9,088, and the game lasted 2:43.