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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[D’backs.com] No slug, no sizzle: D-backs’ bats quiet in NY - D-backs manager Torey Lovullo believes that his team’s lineup is at its best when its hitters are pulling the ball in the air and are able to slug. That’s what Arizona had mostly been doing this season before embarking on its road trip to Miami and New York. “We’ve got to get back to that,” Lovullo said. “We’ve got to get back to that balanced approach, seeing the baseball and waiting for it to come to that spot where we can slug.” That still didn’t quite happen Saturday night at Citi Field. The D-backs again missed opportunities to break out with a big hit, as they scattered eight singles none of which came before the sixth inning in a 4-2 loss to the Mets. While going 0-5 so far on this trip, Arizona has scored 10 total runs and gone 6-for-54 with runners in scoring position.
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With 14 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings, Scherzer became the fifth pitcher to strike out 10 or more batters 100 times. The illustrious company Scherzer joins: Nolan Ryan (215), Randy Johnson (212), Roger Clemens (110) and Pedro Martínez (108).
“It’s pretty cool to join that club,” Scherzer said. “But it’s tough for me to really put that in perspective. I think that’s more for other people, the other pitchers that pitched before me and obviously the guys after me. I don’t like to be getting involved in what that means; I think it’s more important to hear what other guys think it means.”
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