Boston went ahead with three unearned runs without a hit in the inning, which included three errors.
Hanley Ramirez reached first base on a fielding error by shortstop Ian Desmond before Shane Victorino was hit by a pitch from left-hander Matt Thornton. After Mike Napoli’s flyout sent Ramirez to third, Treinen replaced Thornton and hit Allen Craig, loading the bases.
Treinen (0-1) fielded Ryan Hanigan’s bouncer in front of the plate, dropped the ball as Ramirez scored, then threw it past catcher Wilson Ramos as Victorino came home with the tying run. Craig scored the go-ahead run on Brock Holt’s groundout.
In Boston’s 9-4 win Monday, the Red Sox took an 8-0 lead in a four-run third when center fielder Michael A. Taylor allowed a ball drop next to him on the centerfield track, Harper and Taylor had one fall between them, and Desmond didn’t handle Mookie Betts’ grounder in the hole with the bases loaded.
Dustin Pedroia hit his third homer this season.
Edward Mujica (1-0) got the win and Koji Uehara got his first save, one day after being activated from the disabled list.
Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg allowed five runs and 10 hits in 5 1-3 innings, leaving him with a 6.75 ERA.
Washington reached Justin Masterson for six runs in the fifth as it sent 10 batters to the plate.
Masterson retired leadoff hitter Yunel Escobar then loaded the bases when he hit Jayson Werth with a pitch, gave up a single to Harper and walked Ryan Zimmerman. Clint Robinson then singled in a run and another scored when Ramos grounded out. Desmond doubled in two runs before a triple by Taylor drove in two more, putting Washington ahead 7- 5.
Trainer’s room
Nationals: LF Jayson Werth played his second straight game after being activated from the DL following right shoulder surgery in January. He batted second, went 0 for 4 and is 0 for 7 this year.
Red Sox: SS Xander Bogaerts missed the game with a sore right knee. RHP Brandon Workman visited orthopedist Dr. James Andrews to check on his right elbow. Workman has been with Triple-A Pawtucket this season after going 1- 10 with a 5.17 ERA last season in 19 games for Boston. Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval left the game with a sore left foot but had no fracture after being hit by a Strasburg pitch.
Up next
Gio Gonzalez (0-1) faces Wade Miley (0-0) in the finale of the three-game series. They last faced each other on Aug. 21 when Miley was with Arizona. Neither allowed a run — Gonzalez in seven innings, Miley in 6 2-3 — before Washington won in the bottom of the ninth when an error allowed the game’s only run to score. It was Washington’s 10th consecutive win.
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