The fourth inning is where it stopped being a game. Washington sent nine men to the plate, scored five runs, and every RBI hit in the burst came on a fastball — Keibert Ruiz and Daylen Lile on first-pitch four-seamers, Nasim Nuñez on a 0-0 heater two batters later. Emerson Hancock threw 59 pitches in four innings and left with the line already written. On the other side, Mikolas needed only 83 to get through seven, walking nobody and allowing three hits. James Wood's 20th home run, a 109.4 mph shot in the first, announced the tone early. Dominic Canzone hit the hardest ball of the night — a 109.9 mph groundout that stayed in the infield.