Jackson will face the team with which he spent the 2012 season, against which he won his lone decision in 10 career encounters.Scherzer owns a 5-2 mark with a 1.61 ERA and 81 strikeouts in his last nine starts (61 1/3 innings), but settled for a no-decision on Sunday despite allowing one run in seven frames. He’s 3-0 in his last four games with a 3.47 ERA. “But you need some timely two-out hits or two or three consecutive hits, which we aren’t getting”.
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Myers was not in the starting lineup Friday but first-year San Diego manager Andy Green said he planned to have Myers start against Scherzer. He went 6.1 innings in that game and gave up three runs (two earned) on just one base hits while striking out four batters and walking five.
Kemp hit a solo shot in the first inning and gave San Diego the lead for good with a three-run homer in the fifth. It began when Roark hit the leadoff hitter, Brett Wallace, with a 0-2 pitch.
Washington’s Jayson Werth responded with one out in the first to make it 1-1 on his 12th homer of the season.
Wilson Ramos had three hits for Washington.
Padres vs Nationals Saturday in Washington – On Saturday night, Edwin Jackson will try to start his first winning streak of the year when the San Diego Padres take on All-Star right-hander Max Scherzer and the Washington Nationals.
Rookie Luis Perdomo’s big league debut must seem like a long time ago.
Ramos would single with two outs in the eighth against Hand for his third hit of the night, but Brandon Maurer got Anthony Rendon to line out to center to end the inning. Werth extended his on-base streak to 26 games, the longest active run in the majors. San Diego LF and Virginia native Melvin Upton Jr. has struck out at least once in 14 straight contests.3.
Later in the inning, Bryce Harper walked and then stole second base. 1B Ryan Zimmerman (left ribcage strain) went 1 for 5 with a two-run single and four strikeouts Friday night in his second rehab game with Potomac. The Padres signed Cuban outfielder Jorge Ona, 19, for a reported signing bonus of $7 million, according to MLB.com. Ona, 19, was ranked by MLB.com as the No. 8 global prospect in the 2016 class and ranked by Baseball America as the fourth-best Cuban player available earlier this year. “He’ll hopefully come here for (the fall) instructional league and then report for spring training and start his pro career next season”. But since becoming a regular starter for San Diego, he’s lowered his ERA by more than two runs.
Murphy has hit safely in nine straight games.
REDS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2 (at Cincinnati) – Joey Votto hit a three-run homer, and Dan Straily pitched six innings for Cincinnati.
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Nationals: RHP Max Scherzer (10-6, 2.94) picked up a no-decision Sunday in an 18-inning loss to Pittsburgh despite allowing one run in seven innings.
