Yohan Flande earns third win of season

Footnote. In Monday’s and Tuesday’s games against the Nationals, the Rockies walked 19 batters. He allowed one unearned run and two hits in seven innings with no walks and five strikeouts.

Jose Reyes had four hits, including his first home run as a member of the Rockies. The Nationals were unsuccessful the last time Scherzer pitched. Blackmon singled to right, Flande to second.

The Rockies are 43-37 in games where they hit one or more home runs.

“My offspeed felt good but my command was a little off with the fastball”, Hale said. De La Rosa threw a season-high 110 pitches, just 60 strikes. Wilson Ramos singled, pinch-hitter Clint Robinson walked and Werth lined a triple over the glove of right fielder Carlos Gonzalez.

The Nationals have lost the last four starts by the right-hander, who is 0-3 with a 3.68 ERA in six since the All-Star break. “It’s a matter of staying in the game”. The Nationals took the first two games of the series in very different fashion. “We didn’t do ourselves any favors but it’s all right there in front of us”.

The pitcher retired 17 of the final 18 batters he faced, including the final 10 after Paulsen reached base.

Scherzer was just about as good for the Nationals, striking out seven while allowing three runs in six innings.

Referring to the walks, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said, “It makes it tough”. “He was going to try and make them chase”. Bryce Harper (.327, 84 Rs, 30 HRs, 73 RBIs, 5 SBs) has been hitting the ball well for the Nationals, going 2 for 5 yesterday with one run. He then took third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch.

Strasburg found his groove after that.

“He went out there from pitch one to the last pitch that he threw…it was total control of the game”, said Nationals closer Jonathan Papelbon, who earned his third save with the Nationals since being acquired in a July 28 trade. It seemed to help; Werth doubled in his third at-bat and finished 2 for 5.

“I made a big mistake shaving”, he said, explaining the absence of his massive beard. Colorado C Michael McKenry will undergo season-ending knee surgery next week.3.

Reyes had four hits, including his first home run as a member of the Rockies, but 10 walks by Colorado pitchers helped the Washington Nationals end a six-game losing streak with a 15-6 win on Tuesday night. He drove a 1-2 curveball from Jordan Zimmermann (9-8) into the left field stands.