Olympic swimming champion Katie Ledecky threw out the first pitch at Nationals Park on Wednesday night. “I’ve been to a couple world championships, more global meets, another Olympics, I’ve gone through high school, I’m heading out to college”.
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“The thing I’m proud of my team about is we lost the game, but I mean they showed a lot of fight”, Baker said. With all five medals draped around her neck, she was escorted to the mound by 2015 National League MVP Bryce Harper prior to the third game of the series between regional rivals the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles.
Baltimore is 34-24 against the Nationals in a rivalry that began in 2006. “They were talking about whether or not they were going to inject him”.
Gausman (5-10) walked two, struck out two and permitted only one runner past second base.
“You know what’s amusing about him, he’ll go a day or so and it’s nearly like he thinks he’s forgotten how to hit”, manager Buck Showalter said.
The Orioles did all their scoring against A.J. Cole (0-1) in his season debut. Jonathan Schoop’s RBI-double in the third ran the score to 4-0, and later in the inning Hardy would reach base on an error that would score two additional runs for the Orioles.
Despite that, the Nationals still lead the NL East by seven games over the Miami Marlins, and the almost-comeback had manager Dusty Baker feeling better in spite of another defeat. “He’s going to be around for a long time, and hopefully he’ll be good in September and hopefully October”.
In the seventh inning, the Nationals cut the deficit to one with a leadoff home run from SS Danny Espinosa but CL Zach Britton secured the win for the Orioles with a flawless ninth to earn his 38th save of the year. “Guys get to see their kids and their wives”.
The only player who had a great night on the Nats offense was Turner. Making the result more maddening for Washington: Jayson Werth followed with a walk both times.
The trend continued in the bottom of the third, when replay determined that Jones beat out an infield roller after initially being called out. Wieters then hit a three-run homer to straight away center off Blake Treinen to make it 10-3.That came after an RBI single by Washington’s Daniel Murphy had trimmed the margin to 5-3 in the seventh.But Murphy (three hits) then hit a grand slam with one out in the ninth to trim the margin to 10-7 against rookie Parker Bridwell.
“If I make that play right there, he gets a chance to go another inning, maybe settle into the ballgame”. The ball left his bat at 99 miles per hour, but it was grounded directly at second baseman Jonathan Schoop, who started the 4-6-3 double play that ended this game in a snap.
Matt Wieters also drove in four runs with a bases-loaded hit by pitch in the first and a three-run home run in the eighth that proved to be the difference. Nationals RHP Joe Ross (right shoulder inflammation) did not experience any setbacks with his bullpen session Tuesday. Ubaldo Jimenez will start in his place Thursday night. Scherzer is 8-3 with a 2.32 ERA in his last 15 starts and is 4-2, 3.81 in eight career starts against the Orioles. He has a 13-7 record with a 2.99 ERA in 169 1/3 innings.
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Miley picked up his first win since a trade from the Seattle Mariners.
