Baltimore Orioles vs Washington Nationals Match Player Stats On Jun 08, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 8, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Joe Ross struck out a career-high 12 batters, Trea Turner stole a career-high three bases and had three hits, and Stephen Drew added two hits and drove in two as the Washington Nationals beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 in a makeup game Thursday.

Bryce Harper added three hits, an RBI, a run and a stolen base.

The nearby foes split the four-game season series after the Orioles won the season series the previous five seasons. The first-place Nationals (38-21) are 17-9 at home, while the third-place Orioles (31-27) fell to 10-17 on the road.

Ross (3-2), who entered the game with a 7.34 ERA and lowered it to 6.16, allowed four hits and one run in 7 1/3 innings. His bid for a shutout was spoiled with an RBI single by Joey Rickard in the seventh that trimmed the margin to 6-1.

The losing pitcher was Baltimore starter Alec Asher (2-4), who had defeated the Boston Red Sox in his previous outing. Mark Trumbo had two hits for the Orioles.

The game was a makeup of a May 11 rainout in Washington.

Asher (2-4) labored through a 41-pitch first inning as the Nationals put four runs on the board before many fans could find their seats.

Harper drove in a run with an infield single, Drew had an RBI single, and Michael A. Taylor had a rare hit to right field as he laced a two-run double near the line to make it 4-0.

Turner singled in the second, went to second on a walk, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Lind to make it 5-0.

Ross, meanwhile, was as effective as Asher was laboring. The Washington right-hander struck out the side in the second and fifth.

Asher gave up five runs, seven hits and four walks with six strikeouts in four innings. He threw a whopping 100 pitches -- only 59 for strikes -- and was replaced by Ubaldo Jimenez in the fifth.

Drew, the first batter to face Jimenez, hit a solo homer to make it 6-0.

NOTES: Orioles 3B Manny Machado (left wrist soreness) did not play Thursday after he left Wednesday's game in the top of the fourth inning in Baltimore. Pirates OF Andrew McCutchen slid into Machado on a steal of third in the second inning. ... Washington RHP Tanner Roark (6-2, 2.95) will face RHP Andrew Cashner (2-5, 3.39) of the Texas Rangers on Friday at Nationals Park. ... Baltimore RHP Dylan Bundy (6-4, 2.93) will oppose Yankees LHP Jordan Montgomery (3-4, 3.67) on Friday in New York. ... Nationals RHP Joe Blanton (right shoulder inflammation) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Harrisburg on Thursday, throwing one scoreless inning. The veteran reliever has been on the disabled list since May 17 and is 0-2 with a 9.49 ERA in 14 games. ... Washington gave a night off to regulars 1B Ryan Zimmerman, 2B Daniel Murphy and 3B Anthony Rendon.