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- Updated: August 26, 2016
WASHINGTON — Right-hander Max Scherzer was dominant at Nationals Park on Thursday night as the Nationals blanked the Orioles, 4-0, to win the finale of the four-game, home-and-home Battle of the Beltways clash. The Nats put the brakes on a four-game skid, while ending the O’s three-game winning streak.
Scherzer pitched eight innings and allowed two hits, the first coming in the fourth, when Adam Jones led off with a double. After that, Scherzer retired the next 12 batters he faced until Mark Trumbo singled to center field to lead off the eighth. Trumbo later stole second base, but he was left stranded as the potential tying run at the time. Scherzer struck out 10 and issued no walks.
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