WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer is using all his tools to help keep the Nationals‘ playoff hopes alive.Scherzer pitched six scoreless innings
Authentic Greg Joseph Jersey , doubled and scored twice as the Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 on Friday night for his major league-leading 16th win.After throwing seven shutout innings against the Cubs on Sunday only to watch Chicago win on a walk-off grand slam, Scherzer (16-5) left with a 5-0 lead and watched the Nationals thwart a Marlins rally.Scherzer allowed at least one baserunner in four of six innings but worked out of trouble as Washington opened a six-game homestand with little margin for error as it seeks to get back into playoff contention.“They grinded me,” Scherzer said. “There were some spots in the game that could have swung the game the other way, and (Matt) Wieters did a great job behind the plate finding the right pitch to throw at the right time.”Scherzer struck out seven with one walk and is 4-0 with a 1.13 ERA over his last six starts.Ryan Zimmerman and Wieters homered, and Bryce Harper and Adam Eaton had three hits each for Washington, which has won two straight after losing seven of its previous nine.Scherzer, who also reached on a fielders’ choice, has hit safely in seven of his last eight starts and is batting .296.“I think biggest thing with Max is in big pressure situations … he has the ability to put the ball in play to where you don’t have that kind of strikeout sitting in the nine hole
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http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/myles-garrett-jersey , and Daniel Murphy extended his hitting streak to 10 games.The Marlins got two runs in the seventh off Trevor Gott, but three relievers held them scoreless for the final 2 1/3 innings.ON APPEALMiami’s Jose Urena is appealing his six-game suspension for intentionally hitting the Braves’ Ronald Acuna Jr. with a pitch. Mattingly didn’t rule out using Urena this weekend against the Nationals.RIDE SHAREThe Nationals introduced their new bullpen cart, which will transport relief pitchers to the front of their respective dugouts before they take the mound. The Nationals are the third team in 2018 to use a bullpen vehicle, joining the Diamondbacks and the Tigers. None of Friday’s relievers rode in the cart.TRAINER’S ROOMMarlins: RHP Kyle Barraclough (lower back stiffness) is scheduled to throw off a mound again on Saturday. … INF Martin Prado (left quad strain) started baseball activity Friday with hitting and throwing.Nationals: Manager Dave Martinez said an MRI on RHP Jeremy Hellickson’s right wrist revealed a “bad sprain” and he’ll go on the disabled list when the team determines the corresponding move. … RHP Stephen Strasburg (cervical nerve impingement) will throw a bullpen session on Saturday.UP NEXTMarlins: LHP Wei-Yin Chen (4-9, 5.32) makes his third start of the season against the Nationals. He’s 0-1 with 6.17 ERA versus Washington in 2018.Nationals: LHP Tommy Milone (1-1, 5.24) opposes the Marlins for the second time this season. He allowed three runs on eight hits in five innings of a no-decision on July 26. SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Chicago Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish lasted just one inning in his rehab start with Class A South Bend on Sunday, casting doubt on his availability for the rest of the year.Darvish
Authentic Myles Garrett Jersey , who has been sidelined by triceps and elbow injuries, shook his arm as he left the field after striking out Great Lakes’ Romer Cuadrado with a 95-mph fastball for the last out of the first. But he said the first inning was great.“I felt real good,” Darvish said through an interpreter. “I didn’t feel any abnormalities in that sense.”When Darvish warmed up for the second, he threw six pitches and winced on each one. Miguel Amaya, who caught Darvish’s rehab start for South Bend on June 25, walked to the mound and summoned manager Jimmy Gonzalez and a trainer. After a short discussion, Darvish walked to the dugout.“During warmups the next inning, I felt something in there
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