I’ve never seen anybody have this much speed and this much power from that frame, ” Scherzer said. “Some were by just inches. You want to show you can pitch in this rotation, and it was the way today’s game went”.
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One player who has loved hitting at Turner Field is Washington Nationals center fielder Trea Turner.
The Nationals, seeking their third NL East title in five years, have won 13 of 17. The Braves have scored six runs against him twice in a span of 12 days, after totaling eight hits and six runs in three innings September 6 at Washington in a game the Nationals still won, 9-7.
Scherzer, who has a 2.78 ERA, allowed seven hits and two runs over seven innings in winnings his fifth straight decision and improving to 4-0 against the Braves. He’s had three good outings in four starts since returning from a demotion to Triple-A Gwinnett. “Those balls were just blooping in”. At the moment, they would pencil Gonzalez into one of those spots, with right-hander Joe Ross (starting Sunday after 2 1/2 months on the disabled list) potentially filling the other slot.
Wisler earns his seventh win of the season after allowing five hits and two runs over 5 ⁄3 innings of work.
Collmenter (2-0), acquired Wednesday from the Chicago Cubs, struck out eight in five innings and allowed two runs, four hits and three walks. He was pulled so early due to a predetermined pitch limit for his first start back since his injuries.
The Braves scoured the pitching landscape last week to come up with Josh Collmenter when they needed an emergency starter, and their efforts paid off Saturday when he pitched as if determined to prove he still belongs in the big leagues. “Five innings – we’ll take it”.
Wisler has won three of four starts since returning from a three-week stay in the minor leagues. Atlanta needed a starter because Mike Foltynewicz has a bruised left calf and Williams Perez has an elbow impingement.
Anthony Rendon drove in the two first-inning runs for the Nationals with a single, and Turner homered with a man on in the three-run third.
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“I was able to retire him and, for the most part, kept them stringing some hits together and limit the walks”, Collmenter said. Since that time, Kemp is boasting a.286 batting average, .335 on-base percentage and.500 slugging percentage in 42 games for Atlanta, with eight home runs, 30 RBI and 26 runs over 168 at-bats. He went 7-4 with a 3.49 ERA in 16 starts before getting hurt. Washington finished 15-4 against the Braves this season. Murphy’s third-inning line drive off the right field wall gave him 184 hits (matching Denard Span’s mark from 2014) and 47 doubles (matching Ryan Zimmerman’s mark from 2006). First baseman Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streak to 22 games and his on-base streak to 38. Both of Freeman’s streaks are the longest active streaks in the majors. Braves CF Ender Inciarte went 3 for 4 and has 87 hits, most in the majors, since the All-Star break. Ramirez has appealed a three-game suspension handed imposed for throwing at the head of Miami pitcher Jose Fernandez. Ross is on the 60-day DL and has been sidelined since July 2 with shoulder inflammation. Roe struck out Ramos to end the threat and preserve the 3-2 lead and the Braves added to it with three runs in the bottom of the inning against left-hander Marc Rzepczynski.
