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Nationals pick Max Scherzer up after rough start vs Braves in 6-4 win

Washington Nationals' starter Max Scherzer was not particularly sharp in last night's outing against the Atlanta Braves, but he finished strong and the Nats' hitters picked their starter up, battling back from an early deficit in what ended up a 6-4 win.

Max Scherzer gave up four runs on five hits in the first two innings last night, in his second start of the year, which was also his second outing against the Atlanta Braves.

Scherzer held the Nationals' NL East rivals to two runs on three hits in seven innings in the season opener in Atlanta last week, but the 31-year-old right-hander gave up two runs in the first inning last night in his first start in the nation's capital, then gave up another two runs in the second.