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Arenado flirts with cycle as Rockies take series
- Updated: August 28, 2016
WASHINGTON — Nolan Arenado proved to be too much for the Nationals. He drove in three runs and was a double short of the cycle as he helped the Rockies defeat the Nats, 5-3, at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon.
It was Arenado who gave Colorado the first run of the game in the first inning. With right-hander Lucas Giolito on the mound bidding for his first career victory, Arenado singled to left field, scoring Charlie Blackmon.
The Nationals would tie the game in the bottom of the frame, when Trea Turner swung at a 2-1 pitch from Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis and hit the ball into the left-field stands.
But Colorado retook the lead in the third inning, when Arenado hit a two-run homer and David Dahl went back-to-back. Bettis (11-7) took advantage of the situation and pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits and striking out six batters.
The Nationals made it interesting the ninth, when Bryce Harper homered off Boone Logan to make it a two-run game. But right-hander Adam Ottavino blanked the Nats the rest of the way and picked up his second save of the …
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