But the veteran first baseman came through with a two-run homer to aid a five-run outburst as the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 9-4 in 11 innings to snap a four-game losing skid. Giolito has allowed five hits and four runs through three innings, with two walks and two strikeouts. Harper had an RBI double on Saturday to extend his hitting streak to five games, during which he has driven in five runs and scored three times. Going from 199 to 200 took considerably longer, but Gonzalez finally hit the 200th home run of his career Saturday against the Washington Nationals, becoming the fifth player in franchise history to do so, joining Dante Bichette (201), Vinny Castilla (239), Larry Walker (258), and Todd Helton (369).
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Jake McGee (1-3) got the win by pitching a ideal 10th, which included a strikeout of Bryce Harper that led to the reigning NL MVP being ejected.
Rockies: Weiss said RHP Tyler Chatwood (mid-back strain) will go on a rehab assignment with details still to be determined. Washington is 8-9 in the midst of a string of 20 games in 20 days and has lost six of its last eight.
Bettis got into a bit of trouble in the fifth inning. “Every game counts now for us”.
In third, Arenado’s liner cleared the fence in left for a two-run blast and Dahl followed with a drive for a 4-1 lead.
So it was cruel fate that the Rockies’ best reliever was about to be left with the black mark of blowing one of the unit’s best performances of the season Saturday against the Nationals.
Among rookies with at least 180 PAs, Trea Turner has the highest AVG (.341) and he has the fifth-highest OBP (.363) and fifth-highest SLG (.532). The only two runs he allowed were from those two solo homers.
“It’s disappointing, obviously, when he got the hit, but the game’s over if the next guy gets a hit”, said Ottavino, who got Murphy to ground out to send the game to extra innings. Giolito went five innings, gave up four runs on six hits, struck out two, and walked two on 100 pitches (64 strikes) in the loss. Dating to September 6, 2014, it’s the longest active streak in the majors. “RHP Joe Ross (7-4, 3.49 ERA) will make a minor league rehab start Sunday for Triple-A Syracuse in a spot that had been occupied by Giolito in the Chiefs” rotation.
The Nationals mustered just two runs over seven innings against Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis, and all three of their runs came via solo homers as they lost for the second consecutive day to a team that nearly certainly won’t play in the postseason. “He has had some big hits lately”. The Orioles have lost three straight.
Tommy Layne (1-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Dylan Bundy (7-5) was the loser.
Edwin Encarnacion homered and had three RBIs for the Blue Jays, who gave the Twins their ninth straight loss. With Daniel Descalso at second base and two outs, right-hander Koda Glover unleashed a 96-mph fastball to pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn to begin the at-bat. Blackmon led off with a single and advanced to second on a bunt single by DJ LeMahieu (three hits) and went to third on a throwing error by Washington pitcher Marc Rzepczynski. Kepler fumbled the ball as he chased it down by the wall, allowing Upton to score standing up as a sellout crowd of 47,485 cheered wildly.
Jason Grilli (5-3) worked one inning for the win and Roberto Osuna finished for his 29th save.
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Minnesota led 5-0 before the Blue Jays began their comeback. Encarnacion hit his 36th homer and leads the AL with 105 RBIs.
