Howie Kendrick drove in the only runs Max Scherzer would need last night with a two-out, two-run double off Julio Teheran in the first inning of the series opener with the Atlanta Braves in Washington, D.C. Scherzer made the lead hold up with a complete game shutout, but Kendrick wasn’t around at the end, having left the game in the top of the eighth.
“His right leg tightened up on him,” Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez told reporters after the 2-0 win in the nation’s capital. “That’s all he told me, there are no specifics.