Davey Martinez’s squad kept battling back in the series finale with the Colorado Rockies in the nation’s capital, but an over-used Fernando Rodney couldn’t lock down the save in the ninth, giving up a game-tying home run to center by Ian Desmond and an RBI grounder by Daniel Murphy with runners on first and third and one out in what ended up an 8-7 Rockies’ win, which allowed them to avoid a sweep in Washington, D.C.’s Nationals Park.
Max Scherzer is back!!: Max Scherzer was champing (not chomping) at the bit as he tried to get over the back/scap issue that landed him on the IL and kept him off the mound until this week.