There was just Max Scherzer, calmed into a trance by his own dominance, carrying the Washington Nationals within two innings of a 4-1 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Saturday night. [Box score: Nationals 4, Padres 1]The Nationals can’t win this four-game series after losing the first two. “That’s when you just get rid of all the excuses of why you might fail and just come up with reasons you want to win,” Scherzer said. When the offense goes you want to keep throwing up zeros for them.”Then, with Scherzer picking through the Padres’ order, Dozier expanded the advantage in the fourth. His 101 pitches did that for him, and the Nationals rode each one to a pick-me-up win.

Source: Washington Post June 09, 2019 05:13 UTC