A few batters later, Derek Dietrich hit a two-run homer, which ended Scherzer’s evening.
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“He should be in strong consideration for a Cy Young”, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.
Bonds, the Marlins’ hitting coach, was among those in the dugout congratulating Fernandez at the end of his outing, grabbing him with both hands and kissing him repeatedly on both cheeks.
The first-place Nationals (89-63) snapped a four-game losing streak. “It’s been a frustrating year for me so to finally do that and hit a ball good like that and not get anything for it.it happens”. “I’m impressed.’ To get that from probably one of the best hitters in the history of the game means the world”. He hit a hanging curveball from Koehler, who also allowed a single to Bryce Harper and a walk on a 3-2 pitch to Stephen Drew earlier in the inning.
David Phelps pitched the ninth for the Marlins and recorded his fourth save in 10 chances. The eight runs matched the entire run total the Nationals had accumulated during their past four games, all losses. Zimmerman said. “I kind of went over the top”. They are also looking to keep their slim postseason hopes alive while making life more hard for the teams they are chasing in the NL wild-card race – the New York Mets, the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. “He’s frustrated, we’re all frustrated especially when you’re not scoring runs”.
For those curious, that ranks as Stanton’s fifth-longest home run of the season.
Zimmerman nearly homered in his first at-bat, a towering fly ball that was caught on the warning track by Yelich.
NOTES: Nationals 2B Daniel Murphy (sore left leg) sat out his fourth straight start, although he has been used as a pinch hitter during this stretch.
“It feels great”, Turner said. And to say he’s playing shallow because he couldn’t throw the ball is totally inaccurate. “We thought it was out of here, too”, Baker said.
“I felt good. I didn’t have to listen to my mom yell at me or anything”, Turner said. I know they got some quotes from me, but I was talking about the past. “Whatever it takes to get the job done and I had an opportunity to bunt”. I wasn’t talking about the present. “He could have had some more wins but I think that’s why when you hear guys talk about the analytics, a win is not that important. Nobody knows where it came from because he’s not on the injury report and we treated that already in the past.”.
The 24-year-old Cuban has won each of his last two starts overall, following up a 14-strikeout performance versus the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 9 before overcoming one bad inning five days later to post a 7-5 victory over Atlanta.
Marlins: RHP Bryan Morris (lumbar disc herniation) was reinstated from the 60-day DL and was designated for assignment.
While Roark has sputtered versus Miami, Fernandez has won all three of his starts against Washington this season to improve to 6-0 with a 1.13 ERA in nine career encounters.
Max Scherzer vs. Tom Koehler in the suddenly more interesting finale tomorrow, 7:10 PM eastern start time.
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Marlins: RHP Tom Koehler (9-11, 3.96) takes the mound looking for his first win since August 9 against San Francisco.
