Erick Fedde worked around four hits and one walk, striking out six in six scoreless innings in the series finale with the Los Angeles Dodgers in Nationals Park on Wednesday afternoon, in what ended up one his better outings of the year.
Fedde, 29, tossed three scoreless innings to start, on 51 pitches, working around a two-out single in the first inning, a leadoff double in the second, and a one-out walk to his one-time teammate Trea Turner in the top of the third, then he stranded a leadoff single in the fourth.
Dodgers’ outfielder Hanser Alberto doubled to right, over Juan Soto’s head, to lead off the fifth, the third time in five innings the Dodgers put their leadoff man on, but Alberto made for third base on a ball hit to short and was tagged out, then Fedde got a ground ball to second from Trea Turner in the next at-bat, and the Nationals’ defense turned a quick 4-6-3 inning-ending double play.