For the first time in a long while, the Washington Nationals managed to earn a team win. Behind eight innings of shutout ball from Max Scherzer, the offense broke out by whacking Miami Marlins reliever Javy Guerra in the eighth inning and blew the game wide open.
The Nats enter the weekend riding a three-game win streak, the first time they’ve done so since July 5-7. During that streak, the Nats averaged 11.67 runs per game. Over the current streak, the team is averaging 8.67 runs per game.
Scherzer was the story of the game before his offense took over.