A first-round draft pick of Colorado in 2013, Gray was hammered for seven runs over 4 1/3 innings at Philadelphia last time out after lasting only 3 2/3 frames and giving up eight runs to Miami in his previous turn.
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With the Nationals and Rockies tied at two through three innings, Washington is looking to improve to 71-47 on the season as they hold an huge lead over both the Miami Marlins and New York Mets in the National League East standings. DJ guess who LeMahieu walked to keep it going and Arenado came through with another RBI. He also singled, walked and scored two runs in the game. “He gets on base”. His ERA has risen almost a run, from 2.63 to 3.59, in his last four starts. Colorado RF Carlos Gonzalez, who is recovering from a sprained left ankle, was not in the lineup for a day game after a night game and will get additional rest since the Rockies don’t play Thursday. Pedro Severino hit the first homer of his career, a solo shot in the seventh inning.
Colorado and Washington both rank in the top 10 of the league in walks. Colorado scored three times in the bottom of the inning to make it 12-6.
Stephen Strasburg gets the ball, and he’s 15-3 with a 3.07 ERA and 176 strikeouts this season.
“I asked (catcher Wilson) Ramos, ‘What do you think of those pitches?’ And he said, ‘Right down the middle, a lot of them”.
The Nats couldn’t bite the Rox, who showed they were more than just bark.
“You don’t want to just become passive or change the way you go about your business, ” Strasburg said.
Koda Glover relieved Strasburg after Wolters’ two-out single in the second. “We just got to figure out how to get LeMahieu out and pitch a little better against everybody else”.
With Jordan Lyles on the mound, Trea Turner singled to open the Washington seventh, then stole second.
Strasburg has now allowed at least four earned runs in four of his last six starts.
Trevor Story was having a great rookie showcase until he underwent surgery for his thumb, ending his season with 27 home runs, 72 rbi and eight steals.
“It was too much Freddie Freeman”, Nationals Manager Dusty Baker told reporters after the game. He struck out Daniel Murphy and Bryce Harper, the two batters he faced in the eighth with one run home and the Rockies leading 12-9 and was awarded the victory by the official scorer. We’re not overlooking Atlanta by any means, but I’m trying to win now and in the future.
Washington: LHP Sammy Solis was placed on the 15-day DL with left shoulder inflammation.
The Nationals fell behind 3-2 in the in the fifth on Tuesday night, and a three-run seventh for the Rockies put the second of three in Denver out of reach.
“I looked over at their dugout and they didn’t feel comfortable at all, which you never feel comfortable here”.
They haven’t been able to get him out in two days. In his last one, he gave up five runs over five innings in 100-plus-degree heat in Texas.
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Jon Gray entered the afternoon coming off of two hard starts against Miami and Philadelphia looking to turn things around, but he had another bit of a rough showing today.
