The Twins have outscored the Indians 35-16 in winning the first three games of the series.
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Losses in 16 of the past 21. Plus, there were no home runs last night and the offense had only five extra-base hits out of their 19 total hits.
Daniel Murphy and Trea Turner homered and Washington right-hander Max Scherzer won his 12th game and contributed two RBIs in the Nationals’ 8-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field.
Ramos lifted his average to.
“It was a good pitch to Ramos. He kind of reached out and flipped it”, Ray said. “If it was an inch lower he probably swings over the top of it”. The Diamondbacks check in as +125 underdogs, with the over/under run figure sitting at nine.
“The strikeouts are great but they do produce a lot of pitches”, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. “That is important when you are down”. It was Peralta’s second hit of the series and third since returning from the disabled list because of a lower back sprain. “We have to limit the runs”.
Strasburg (15-1) gave up one run on three hits in six innings and tied his career high for victories set in 2012, his first full season.
Scherzer allowed just four hits and struck out 11 over his eight innings of work, surrendering a pair of solo homers but otherwise controlling the game with power and precision.
Strasburg (15-1) allowed a run and three hits in six innings, striking out six and walking two.
Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Jake Lamb makes the off balance throw against the Washington Nationals in the first inning during a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, in Phoenix.
In his last start before today’s in the series finale with the D-Backs, Scherzer held the San Francisco Giants to one run on five hits in seven innings in AT&T Park, earning the decision in a come-from-behind, 4-1 win.
Over that stretch, the Washington Nationals’ right-hander posted a 1.67 ERA with 15 walks (1.79 BB/9), 97 Ks (11.59 K/9) and a.169/.218/.288 line against in 75 ⅓ innings pitched. “When (Ray) gets a couple of guys on he can not make that mistake. Three-run home runs are tough to come back against”. Daniel Murphy’s groundout drove in Turner for a 1-0 lead. “One of those two”. One was on a Danny Espinosa ground-rule double.
Bradley gave up 12 hits and eight runs (seven runs), all career highs, in 3 1/3 innings.
Arizona tied it at 1 in the fifth after David Peralta opened the inning with an opposite-field double into the left-field corner, the first hit off Scherzer. The Nationals drew even at 2 with Wilmer Difo’s two-out single in the fourth to drive in Anthony Rendon. That included the starting pitcher whose two-run single was the 35th hit by a Washington hurler this season, the third most in the National League. “I was happy with our offensive performance against him”.
– With a first-pitch temperature of 97 degrees, the game was played with the roof and panels closed. Baker said he hopes Harper can play Wednesday after receiving IVs on Tuesday…. 1B Ryan Zimmerman remained out with a wrist injury…. “But if I could close one inning, in the ninth, in Game 7 of the World Series, it would be unbelievable”.
“I do what the skipper says”, Murphy said. “I try and be aggressive every time”. It cut me a little bit. Arizona CF A.J. Pollock could begin a rehab assignment on Friday in the rookie Arizona League, the team said. “Felt good about coming back in the ninth”.
Max Scherzer gets the nod, and he’s 11-6 with a 2.85 ERA and 187 strikeouts this season. Godley got ahead 0-2, then left another cutter over the plate that Scherzer redirected into center field for a 4-1 lead.
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Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Godley (3-1) makes his sixth start of the season.
