He now has a 13-7 record with a 3.05 ERA and continues to lead the majors with 217 strikeouts in 174 innings.
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The Nationals’ offense gave Roark plenty of run support. “As soon as I got the sign I said ‘Heck yeah, let’s go'”. “But other than that, everything feels good”. After an intentional pass to Jace Peterson, the game was delayed due to rain.
“I wasn’t anxious, but I’m very pleased that he was cleared”, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. Fifth error of the game for the Nationals. Dansy Swanson grounded out to end the inning.Jose Ramirez (1-0) pitched the 10th inning for the Braves to pick up the first victory of his career.
An inning later, another RBI single – this one off the bat of Danny Espinosa – stretched Washington’s lead to 4-0. Trea Turner fielded the ball but fumbled the exchange which allowed Markakis to score and make the score 4-3. The Nats have been rock solid all season long and possess a very unsafe lineup that can compete with anybody in baseball and on days when they have Scherzer or Stephen Strasburg throwing it seems like they step up their game even more as their aces make it very easy to play in front of.
In the eighth, Matt Kemp’s 25th homer cut the lead to 6-5. Reliever Yusmeiro Petit had a throwing miscue that advanced Jeff Francoeur to third.
Peterson, making his first career start in centre field, slammed his face and shoulder into the wall after making a twisting catch of Heisey’s liner to end the third.
“I got the wind knocked out of me”. I couldn’t breathe. That was really it.
Kelley hung a slider that Peterson hit into the right-field seats.
Zimmerman has been on the disabled list since August 1 with a left wrist contusion since being hit by a pitch and has struggled at the plate when healthy this season.
Scherzer had posted eight straight quality starts before turning in his shortest outing of the season last time out, when he allowed four runs in four innings in a no-decision at Colorado. He struck out eight.
Jace Peterson’s first walk-off homer couldn’t have come at a better time for the Atlanta Braves.Peterson hit a 3-2 hanging slider from Shawn Kelly over the right-field fence with two outs in the 10th inning for a 7-6 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.It was just the second win for the Braves over the Nationals in 13 games this season.Peterson, playing his first game in center field, made a catch crashing into the fence early in the game and then won it with his seventh homer of the season.The victory snapped a seven-game losing streak by the Braves, who benefited from the Nationals’ season-high five errors.Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer in the third inning for the Nationals and Chris Heisey had a two-run shot in the sixth inning, but the Braves scored twice in the eighth to force extra innings.
After striking out almost a batter per inning as an 18- and 19-year-0ld with the Cardinals, Jenkins’ strikeouts have significantly regressed as he has gotten older, and the issue was exacerbated while up with the Braves, getting just 4.1 K/9 IP, even walking more batters (30) than he struck out (21).
In his fourth career game, Braves SS Dansby Swanson, the No. 1 overall draft pick of 2015, went 0 for 4 with one walk and one run scored while hitting in the leadoff spot for the first time. The over is also a ideal 4-0 in the Braves’ last four games and is 8-0 in their last eight contests versus a team with a winning record. The finger has been bothering him since spring training.
Gio Gonzalez worked his way out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the Braves’ second, then singled to left-center to start the third, lining an 0-2 sinker from Joel De La Cruz into the gap.
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Braves RHP Tyrell Jenkins was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. The rookie, acquired in the November 2014 trade involving Jason Heyward and Shelby Miller, is 2-3 with a 6.30 ERA in eight starts. The 30-year-old had won his previous two starts and is 3-1 with a 2.97 ERA since the All-Star break.
