Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer throws second no-hitter of season

They will not walk out of Citi Field and into the cold of the offseason. When the series returns to New York, Matt Harvey (13-8, 2.71) will start Game 3.

The addition of Yoenis Cespedes was the final piece.

ASTROS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 2 Collin McHugh earned his 19th victory, Colby Rasmus hit two home runs and visiting Houston beat Arizona to clinch at least a tie for the American League’s second wild card.

For the second-place Nationals (83-79), heavily favored to win the division and – by a few – even the World Series way back in spring training, it was a fitting end to a tumultuous and disappointing season.

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Matz, 24, will throw a bullpen session Tuesday and then attempt to pitch in an instructional league game Thursday in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

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Only one batter reached base against Scherzer, and that came when third baseman Yunel Escobar bounced a throw for an error on Kevin Plawecki’s leadoff grounder in the sixth inning.

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The Mets needed a win just to snap a five-game losing streak.

Before completing his no-hitter against the New York Mets tonight, Washington Nationals’ starter Max Scherzer took a long walk around the mound. Their opponent? The crosstown rival Mets, who will return to the postseason on Friday for the first time since 2006.

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This is Scherzer’s first season with the Nationals after the 2013 AL Cy Young victor left Detroit and signed a $210 million, seven-year deal as a free agent.

“We wanted to soak it in”, David Wright said, “and we wanted to share it with them”. Both stood out against the royal blue background behind him, which was covered in Mets logos, a fitting snapshot of the complicated context in which Scherzer made history Saturday night with a 2-0 win in the second game of a doubleheader.

Nonetheless, the Mets will still have the last laugh because they are the 2015 NL East champions. “It all ends very abruptly”. Amid speculation Williams is likely to be fired, general manager Mike Rizzo said a decision will be made soon.

“We’ve had a lot of fun this year”, deGrom said.

Key players such as pitcher Jordan Zimmermann and shortstop Ian Desmond can become free agents; a choked-up Desmond shed tears in the clubhouse. In the clubhouse after the game, a choked-up Desmond was crying. “I think we’re ready”. “But they couldn’t have found a better home”.

As he did against the Pirates – when he hit pinch-hitter Jose Tabata with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning – Scherzer missed perfection by a single batter on Saturday.

The entire National League playoffs will be televised on TBS. Harper finished with a. 330 average while Miami Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon went 3-for-4 Sunday to surge past Harper at.333. The front-runner for NL MVP, Harper began the day ahead by the slimmest of margins _.330754 to.330606. Bryce Harper knocked his 42nd home run of the season to lead the Nationals to victory in game one.

“I probably could’ve took the last two weeks off and hit”.

“That’s where I had to check myself and say, hey, stay within yourself”, Scherzer said.

Familia tied the saves record in his first season as closer.

This is a phrase I still can’t believe, and quite frankly I’m feeling a little weird that I’ll have two favorite professional sports teams playing in mid-October for the first time in nine years. “You just have a feeling that you know what the out pitch is and you’re reading the swings, you’re reading what they’re doing and you just try to execute pitches around that”.