Max Scherzer came out on the losing end of a pitchers’ duel with Toronto Blue Jays’ right-hander Marco Estrada, giving up two runs (both of them on a homer by Devin Travis) and not much else in a six-inning start in what ended up a 2-0 loss for Washington’s Nationals, who dropped their second straight in the Rogers Centre and third of four games on their current road trip.
Scherzer vs Blue Jays: Brandon Crawford accounted for three of the Giants’ four hits off of Max Scherzer in his last start before this afternoon’s, and both of the runs that scored while the Nationals’ ace was on the mound in a 2-0 loss to San Francisco at home in Washington, D.