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- Updated: August 27, 2016
WASHINGTON — With two-fifths of their rotation in flux thanks to injuries to Stephen Strasburg and Joe Ross, the Nationals will lean more heavily on the veterans in their rotation to give them strong outings similar to the one left-hander Gio Gonzalez turned in to help guide them to a 8-5 victory over the Rockies on Friday night at Nationals Park.
Gonzalez picked up the 100th victory in his career after he held the Rockies to two runs on four hits in six innings with five strikeouts. He was aided by a pair of solo homers from Jayson Werth and Daniel Murphy, who drove in two runs and collected the 500th RBI of his career.
The Rockies dropped their seventh consecutive game on the road and were handed their ninth loss in their past 10 games away from Coors Field, thanks in part to some defensive miscues. They made three errors, all of which were forced by the speed of Nationals’ center fielder Trea Turner. Washington put the game out of reach with four runs in the seventh inning off Matt Carasiti, aided by a two-run triple by Bryce Harper after center fielder Charlie Blackmon …
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