The recent trade made by the Milwaukee Brewers yielded results for both teams on the same night.
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The Nationals won the National League East by four games in 2012 and by 17 previous year.
After opening with a 7.5 run total, the sportsbook has dropped that number slightly to 7.
Acquired in the Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers trade, outfielder Domingo Santana made his Milwaukee Brewers debut Friday night a memorable one as he hit a two run home run to help give the Brewers a 10-3 win over the Washington Nationals.
“I was confident he was going to bounce back”, manager Craig Counsell told MLB’s official website.
“We get some more sleep, that’s basically it”, Gonzalez said when asked how his team can bounce back. After being thumped 10-3 by the Brewers in the opener, the Nationals sit 4 1/2 games behind the New York Mets in the race for a division title many experts anointed to Washington before the season.
Because one game could be the difference between a postseason berth and staying home, the Nationals want to have as many options as possible when the 25-man roster expands to 40 on September 1. “That’s why we play 162 of them”.
Four hits, a walk, a catcher’s interference call and an error enabled four runs to score off Fister and another off Tanner Roark in the sloppy frame. Guys are playing hard, they’re putting together good at-bats. “We have not had it go our way yet”.
Jonathan Lucroy had three hits and drove in a run, and rookie Jimmy Nelson allowed two runs in 5 1-3 innings against Washington, which fell one game below. Right-hander Kyle Lohse pitched three innings of one-run ball to earn his first save. Ross allowed no more than three earned runs while going 3-3 in his first seven starts, but struggled during the Nationals’ West-Coast road trip last week, giving up a combined nine runs in losses to the Dodgers and Giants. He is expected to return before the end of the season. He has allowed 11 runs (10 earned) in his past two starts.
“I would like to say that you can’t have a bad debut no matter how you play”, Turner said. Khris Davis has heated up a little of late, but since Santana was primarily playing left field (14 starts) with Colorado Springs, that should be where he gets the bulk of his starts. Since joining the Brewers’ system Santana is slashing.380/.424/.544 with two home runs and a very manageable 20 percent K-rate in 20 games at Triple-A. Joe Ross draws Saturday’s start against the Brewers who he will see for the second time.
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That gave the Brewers a 5-1 lead in the fifth, capping an inning that began when Lucroy’s line-drive single smashed into Gonzalez’s ankle.
