Yankees overcome Scherzer, rally past Nats in 10th
Gleyber Torres’ tying single in the ninth inning and a winning infield single in the 11th helped the New York Yankees overcame Max Scherzer’s commanding 14-strikeout performance to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 Saturday.
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NEW YORK The smallest of hits decided a huge pitching matchup.
Max Scherzer overwhelmed batters to dominate a Cy Young Award-winning duel with Corey Kluber, reaching double-digit strikeouts for the 100th time.
After striking out three times against Scherzer, Gleyber Torres blooped a tying single in the ninth inning and won the game with a 50-foot single into a five-man infield that gave the New York Yankees a thrilling 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
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By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times - Monday, May 3, 2021
At 3:42 p.m. Sunday, Max Scherzer whizzed his 106th and final pitch past Corey Dickerson, putting the finishing touches on the Washington Nationals starter’s complete game victory.
And less than two hours later, Scherzer was by his wife Erica’s side, welcoming the couple’s third child into the world. Erica Scherzer announced Monday morning that Derek Alexander Scherzer was born at 5:38 p.m. Sunday. He weighs 8 pounds, 5 ounces and is 20 inches.
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Surging Nationals welcome sinking Braves for three-game set
Field Level Media
04 May 2021, 06:19 GMT+10
The Washington Nationals fortunes have changed significantly since the last time they saw the Atlanta Braves.
After their season-opener was delayed by a COVID-19 outbreak, the Nationals were still missing nine players when they finally got started on April 6 and 7, dropping two of three to the Braves in Washington. Now the Nationals have won four straight and share first place in the tepid National League East as the Braves come to town again for three games beginning Tuesday. Our starting pitchers are pitching deeper into games, our bullpen s been really good and we re getting timely hitting, manager Dave Martinez said Sunday. It s all coming together. We always talk about how we missed some guys early in the season. Now they re starting to play together, we re starting to feel this real good togetherness, this unity. I think it s starting to click.