“He used his entire pitch mix well, but especially his changeup”, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said of his starter.
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Jake McGee (1-3) pitched a ideal 10th that included striking out Harper.
“It was off the plate”, Harper said. The 24-year-old threw seven innings and allowed four runs and five hits with two walks and eight strikeouts in a 4-3 loss to the Orioles on August 22. Melancon entered the game shortly after Nick Hundley hit a three-run homer off Shawn Kelley to pull the Rockies within three. Arenado, who went 4 for 4, has 35 home runs this season.
Washington Nationals’ Jayson Werth celebrates his RBI single, after he advanced to second base, tying the game during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies at Nationals Park, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, in Washington.
Giolito was charged with the loss, his first major league decision.
The Rockies backed Bettis with all the offense he needed in the third inning. “Every game counts now for us”.
Nationals starter A.J. Cole allowed a run to score when he threw the ball away when trying to intentionally walk Daniel Descalso in the fourth.
You might wonder if Nationals manager Dusty Baker had a problem with his superstar getting himself ejected in a close game. “They were just going to say, “Take your base” intentionally, but that’s a reason you know for it not to”. Arenado also two, four-hit games in that stretch.
With his RBI single in the fourth, Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos snapped a 1-for-23 slump. While Washington can relax with a lengthy lead atop the National League East, Colorado posted just its second win in seven outings to keep its faint postseason hopes alive.
Rockies: Weiss said RHP Tyler Chatwood (mid-back strain) will go on a rehab assignment with details still to be determined.
NOTES: The Nationals called up RHP Lucas Giolito from Triple-A Syracuse to make the start Sunday. The Nationals have yet to commit to another start for Giolito, but even if he does see another opportunity, he holds no fantasy value at this juncture of his young career.
Chad Bettis allowed a solo home run in his first and seventh innings of work, but nothing else.
Urias (5-2) pitched better at home than the last time he faced the Cubs.
Gonzalez (9-9) threw six innings and allowed two runs and four hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He finished with six strikeouts and walked only one after walking a career-high seven in his last start. He is 4-0 in six games (four starts) since the All-Star break. Colorado (61-68) scored an unearned run in the seventh to take a 4-3 lead.
Washington first baseman Ryan Zimmerman struck out in his first three at-bats, giving him four hits in his last 33 trips. Murphy is setting career highs in home runs, RBIs and batting average. The Nationals saw their two game winning streak end in Saturday’s extra inning defeat. A day after trouncing the Orioles 14-4, NY moved within 2 1/2 games of them for the second AL wild-card spot.
Chris Davis homered twice and Mark Trumbo hit his big league-leading 39th home run for Baltimore. The Orioles have lost three straight. With his 100 wins, Gonzalez sits in 30th place amongst active pitchers. Dylan Bundy (7-5) was the loser. He threw 24 pitches in the first inning. Upton followed with a triple past a diving Max Kepler in right. “That was the one bad inning”.
Minnesota led 5-0 before the Blue Jays began their comeback.
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Murphy’s blast gave the Nationals a 4-2 lead in the fifth.
