He had a triple in the fifth that right fielder Harper lost in the sun and was originally scored a three-base error after Harper got a glove on the ball.
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“It looked like he had some trouble with the sun”. When we play bad teams, it feels like we get complacent.
Charlie Blackmon hit two home runs, including the go-ahead shot in the 11th inning, as the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 9-4 Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak.
It was the third inning of the Washington Nationals’ 5-3 loss Sunday afternoon, and Lucas Giolito seemed to have survived the turbulence.
“Obviously in the reports we were reading he throws 95 to 97 (miles per hour)”. Turner’s homer, though, gave him just his first RBI during that stretch, which goes to show how much the bottom of their lineup has struggled in recent games. His curveball is pretty sharp. In his seven innings, he allowed five hits, struck out six, and walked one.
In a bonus “Fun with Arbitrary End Points” segment: Anthony Rendon is 38 for 109 (.349 AVG) with 15 doubles, five home runs, 13 walks and 20 runs scored.in 30 games since July 26th.
“It was fun today. Everything was working”, Bettis said.
“There’s nothing like having your horses in there, and it changes the game when you’re at full strength”, manager Walt Weiss said. I think it was just a product of a good approach. He used it well today. “At most, I thought he’d be told to go to third”.
Logan gave up a homer to Bryce Harper in the ninth, making it 5-3. That brought in reliever Adam Ottavino, who recorded the last three outs. Melancon entered the game shortly after Nick Hundley hit a three-run homer off Shawn Kelley to pull the Rockies within three. Daniel Descalso, who had doubled, scored from second on a wild pitch from Koda Glover when his offering hit home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski in the shoulder and bounced away from catcher Wilson Ramos.
Trea Turner led off the game with his fifth home run of the season. “That’s the key to his success, not getting runners on base or not walking people and he had a very good game tonight, excellent game”. The Dodgers, who lead the San Francisco Giants by two games in the National League West, took two of three from the Chicago Cubs during the weekend and improved to 13-5 in series rubber games on Sunday while winning for the sixth time in eight games. It was the 20th homer of the year for Ramos. It would be the first of four hits today for Arenado (4-for-4). Gonzalez, who also had three RBIs, added a two-run homer off Petit later in the 11th to give the Rockies an 8-4 lead. It was the 35th homer of the year for Arenado. The 22-year-old right-hander has now surrendered four runs (on the nose) in three of his first four major league starts. Giolito allowed four runs and six hits with two walks and two strikeouts in five innings. Weiss said that barring any issues from the workout, he anticipates LeMahieu returning to the lineup Saturday. He took the ball Sunday having thrown a fastball 75.1 percent of the time in his first three career outings, according to FanGraphs. “I have heard a lot about him and for good reason”.
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Washington Nationals’ Jayson Werth, right, celebrates with teammate Daniel Murphy, left, after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jeff Hoffman during the first inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Washington. One out later, with Blackmon over at third, Nolan Arenado lined a 1-2 curve up in the zone to left-center for an RBI single that made it 1-0 Rockies after one. “The double play he got in the fifth was big”.
