Max Scherzer attempts to bounce back from one of his worst starts of the season when he takes the mound for the Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series against the Marlins in Miami.
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Bryce Harper continued his torrid MVP-caliber season with his power on full display.
The Miami ace has a chance to be the first pitcher in 33 years to win his first 15 home decisions Tuesday night against the Washington Nationals, and Zimmermann could have the added chore of facing Dee Gordon. “He’s a special hitter”. He’s made all three of his career starts against Washington in Miami, going 1-0 with a 0.45 ERA.
RANGERS 7, YANKEES 6: Josh Hamilton singled in Leonys Martin with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, and the Rangers won at home.
“He did a lot of damage today, ” Nationals manager Matt Williams said.
Michael Taylor also homered and drove in two for Washington. “On all my pitches, I didn’t have command tonight”, Tanaka said. It wasn’t a great start, but still a step in the right direction.
CUBS 5, BREWERS 2: Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning, and Chicago won at Milwaukee. If Papelbon is able to return to his dominating form as in his days with the Boston Red Sox, which is more probable now that he is out of the hostile situation in Philadelphia, the Nationals bullpen will be able to further shorten games for its starting pitchers. Harper took a 93-mph fastball on a 1-2 count and sent it to deep rightfield for his 28th home run of the season.
“He’s got such a forceful, violent swing, and he’s now learning to control that even more”, Jennings said.
Storen struck out two. “It’s a really good lineup, so you can’t get away with all of them”, Haren said. It cost him as he left a 2-2 pitch over the plate and Zimmerman rocketed it off the Clevelander sign in left leading off the second inning.
The Marlins broke that tie in the sixth as Prado hit an RBI single and J.T. Realmuto hit an RBI groundout to give the Marlins a 3-1 lead.
TWINS 9, MARINERS 5: Eddie Rosario finished a single shy of the cycle and drove in three runs to help Minnesota snap a four-game skid with a victory at Minneapolis over Seattle.
Suzuki’s two hits pushed him over the 2,900-hit plateau in a 7-2 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday. The Marlins five hit, two walk attack wasn’t enough to keep pace with Ichiro Suzuki and Adeiny Hechavarria driving in runs while Sam Dyson and Justin Bour scored. In his first series back from the disabled list, Zimmerman went 4-for-10 with a home run. Marlins RHP Henderson Alvarez, who pitched a no-hitter in 2013 and made the All-Star Game last season, had season-ending right shoulder surgery Tuesday.
“That’s just a tribute to such an outstanding Hall of Fame player that he is”, Marlins manager Dan Jennings said.
Scherzer suffered a 7-5 loss at Pittsburgh in his last outing with five runs plated on seven hits including three homers over five frames.
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Marlins: RHP Dan Haren (7-6, 3.51) could be making his final start with the Marlins as he has been the subject of trade rumors before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. LaMarr Hoyt was the last to have this sort of career-opening run with 16 wins in 10 starts and 30 relief appearances from 1979-82, though it came with a 3.04 ERA.
