Max Scherzer returned to the mound in the seventh inning of a 5-4 game in Washington’s favor this afternoon, at 96 pitches, and recorded two outs before giving up a game-tying solo home run by Orioles’ outfielder Anthony Santander, whose second home run off the Nationals’ starter today made it 5-5 in Baltimore’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
In the top of the eighth, however, Juan Soto walked, reaching base for the fourth time in five plate appearances today, then scored on a two-out error to put the Nats back on top, 6-5, in what ended up a one-run win for the visiting team.