Washington Nationals vs Milwaukee Brewers Match Player Stats On Sep 02, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 2, 2017

MILWAUKEE -- Michael A. Taylor homered and Trea Turner hit a go-ahead double as the Washington Nationals scored a pair of runs in the eighth inning for a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.

Taylor hit the first pitch he saw from Brewers reliever Josh Hader (1-2) for a solo home run to tie the game at 2-2 in the eighth. Pinch-hitter Wilmer Difo bunted for a base hit and came around to score on Turner's double.

Ryan Madson (5-4) earned the win in relief by pitching a scoreless seventh inning in his first outing since Aug. 12. With the tying run on first base, closer Sean Doolittle got pinch-hitter Manny Pina to fly out to Taylor at the base of the wall in center field to end the game.

Max Scherzer lasted only five innings and 75 pitches after being struck in the left leg by a line drive hit by Travis Shaw in the first inning. The right-hander, who was clearly bothered by his plant leg, limited the Brewers to one run on two hits.

Brewers rookie starter Brandon Woodruff, making his fourth career start and his first in the big leagues since Aug. 19, held the Nationals to one run on two hits with one walk and eight strikeouts over seven innings.

The Brewers broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out run in the sixth against Nationals reliever Oliver Perez.

After Neil Walker drew a walk, Stephen Vogt hit a chopper that just cleared the head of first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and was deflected by second baseman Daniel Murphy. Walker scampered to third and continued home when right fielder Jayson Werth misplayed the ball.

Washington struck first to take a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Howie Kendrick drew a leadoff walk from Woodruff, stole second base, moved to third on a single by Murphy and scored on Zimmerman's single.

The Brewers immediately answered against Scherzer as Eric Sogard led off the bottom half with a single and scored on an RBI double by Eric Thames. Scherzer limited the damage to just one run by getting Vogt to pop out to the catcher and Jonathan Villar to fly out to left field with two runners on.

NOTES: Milwaukee will start LHP Brent Suter in the series finale against the Nationals on Sunday. Suter takes the rotation spot of struggling RHP Matt Garza. ... Brewers C Manny Pina reported feeling fine after going through a series of catching drills prior to Saturday's game. Pina was out of the lineup for a fourth straight game Saturday because of a right hip injury. ... Nationals C Matt Wieters was out of the starting lineup for the second consecutive game after taking a foul ball off the right knee Thursday. He entered in the eighth inning as a defensive replacement. ... Milwaukee started eight left-handed batters against Max Scherzer. Right-handers entered hitting only .126 against Scherzer this season. ... Brewers LF Ryan Braun received the night off as he was 0-for-13 lifetime against Scherzer.