Werth hit a two-run homer in the third inning off Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa and reached safely three times to extend his on-base streak to a career-best 43 games. Pinch-hitter David Dahl added a two-run double and the Rockies led 6-2.
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Adam Ottavino pitched a scoreless ninth and extended his scoreless string to 29 2/3 innings, including 15 innings this season. With one out, Werth singled to left to break Ryan Zimmerman’s on-base streak (2009). Logan got Daniel Murphy to fly out to left and coaxed a groundout from Bryce Harper. The Rockies were unable to turn a double play on speedy Trea Turner, who grounded to shortstop, and Carasiti then hit Jayson Werth with a 3-2 pitch, the seventh pitch of the at-bat.
Nats’ catcher Wilson Ramos now leads all major league catchers in OBP (.379), SLG (.546) and RBI’s (66) and he is tied for the lead in home runs with Jonathan Lucroy (19). Wilson Ramos followed Harper with a long run-scoring single off the wall in right, the only hit in eight at-bats with runners in scoring position for the Nationals, who stranded nine runners. The right-hander has found good success as a long reliever of late, but Tuesday might have been his best performance yet. Tonight’s starter, Gio Gonzalez, gave up a double to Charlie Blackmon with one out in the bottom of the third. His nine home runs are also the most in a season for LeMahieu, and we project him to hit two more with a.780 OPS in 169 more appearances at the plate this season.
STRETCHING OUT: Yu Darvish (3-3, 2.77) has been rounding into form for the Rangers in his return from Tommy John surgery, a trend he’ll try to continue in a game against Oakland.
That’s when the rain came. and it hung around for a while, knocking both Bettis and Gonzalez out of the game.
Scherzer allowed seven hits and four runs in four innings.
“It would have been nice to get this homestand started off right”, LeMahieu said.
Los Angeles Dodger’s Chase Utley, jogs to the dugout after hitting a solo homerun during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, in Philadelphia.
Elsewehre, the Kansas City Royals won for the first time since June as good pitching from Ian Kennedy helped down the Detroit Tigers 3-1 at Comerica Park. Despite the Nationals defense being able to throw Carlos Gonzalez out at the plate, the lead for the Rockies increased to 6-2.
The Washington Nationals haven’t lost back-to-back games since the end of July.
Blackmon made it 4-2 with his homer in the fourth. Chad Bettis rain-shorted start was ruff, but Chris Rusin‘s got the ball after the delay and played well.
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TOP OF THE HEAP: J.A. Happ (16-3, 2.96) goes for his major league-leading 17th win when the Blue Jays wrap up their three-game series in NY against CC Sabathia (7-9, 4.20) and the Yankees.
