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Nola, Herrera lead Phillies to shutout win over Nationals
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Aaron Nola outdueled Max Scherzer in a meeting of All-Star aces, Odubel Herrera hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals 2-0 Thursday.
Nola (15-3) was masterful in his matchup with the three-time Cy Young Award winner, allowing five hits and one walk. He escaped his biggest jam with his final pitch, striking out Bryce Harper with runners on first and second to end the eighth.
Nola struck out nine and finished with a 2.13 ERA – the exact same ERA as Scherzer.
Scherzer (16-6) was nearly as good in the first matchup of starters with at least 150 innings and a sub-2.25 ERA since St. Louis’ John Tudor faced Mets ace Dwight Gooden on Sept. 11, 1985. Scherzer gave up two hits in seven innings and struck out 10, increasing his major league-leading total to 244.
Pat Neshek pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
Colorado 4, San Diego 3: Ian Desmond hit a two-run, two-out homer in the ninth inning, and Colorado beat San Diego 4-3.
Desmond lined an 88-mph splitter from reliever Kirby Yates (4-3) over the fence in left after Trevor Story singled earlier in the ninth and stole second. It was Desmond’s second career walk-off homer.
The Rockies overcame a baserunning blunder early and a costly error late to take two of three games from the Padres and move within one game of first-place Arizona in the NL West.
Boston 7, Cleveland 0: David Price pitched eight shutout innings for his fifth straight win, backed by three bases-loaded doubles in a six-run fifth inning, and Boston beat Cleveland, 7-0, to split their four-game series.
Price (14-6) gave up three hits against the AL Central leaders and no walks, hitting a batter and striking out seven before leaving to a standing ovation after the top of the eighth.
San Francisco 3, N.Y. Mets 1: San Francisco’s Madison Bumgarner hit an RBI double for the only earned run off New York ace Jacob deGrom and the Giants defeated the Mets, 3-1
Detroit 7, Chicago White Sox 2: Matthew Boyd pitched six scoreless innings and Ronny Rodriguez hit his first career home run to lift Detroit over Chicago, 7-2.