The first-place Nationals continue to take care of business, this time jumping out to a quick 4-0 lead in the 1st inning, allowing Jordan Zimmermann to put it in cruise control. He worked six strong, fanning seven with no walks, allowing two earned (four runs in total) and six hits.
Adam LaRoche led the offense with a pair of hits, a run and two RBI.
Jayson Werth had a knock, scoring two and plating one.
Drew Storen remained clean since taking over as closer and is making his case for keeping the job into the playoffs.
The Twins laid a four-spot on Cleveland in the 4th and then held on.
Oswaldo Arcia had the big blow, a two-run shot, his 16th.
Trevor May went the necessary five for the win but wasn’t all that sharp, walking four while allowing five hits but he limited the Tribe to just two earned.
Other than the blow-up in the 4th, Trevor Bauer was solid, hurling eight innings with whiffs, walking only one.
Mark Buehrle had a typical outing, hurling seven stanzas, scattering ten hits with no walks, fanning three while limiting the White Sox to two runs.
Jake Arrieta kept the Blue Jays in check for 6 1/3rd, fanning five, surrendering seven hits and a walk, leaving with two men on base that Bautista drove home.
Javier Baez had two hits, two runs and his 3rd steal.
The Tigers pulled into a first-place tie with the Royals behind their ace, Max Scherzer who muddled through 6 2/3rd, limiting Kansas City to just one earned, allowing seven hits with four walks and six punch outs.
Power must be contagious in the Baltimore dugout as Alejandro De Aza muscled up for his first two homers in an Orioles uniform, accounting for three runs.
Chris Tillman worked five innings, allowing one run on five hits, fanning five with two walks before handing the ball off to the bullpen who pitched four scoreless frames.
After being in a rut so deep there were mumblings he’d be sent down to Pawtucket, in his last ten games including Tuesday night, Xander Bogaerts is 15-for-39 with six extra base hits including a homer last night.
There’s a decent chance Dustin Pedroia will be shut down to have surgery on his left wrist which has bothered him for most of the season.
Devin Mesoraco got it all started with a three-run laser in the first, his 23rd. On the night Mesoraco was 2-for-3 with two walks, three runs and three ribbies.
Colby Lewis was let down by his bullpen after throwing seven frames, scattering five hits, no walks with four strikeouts. Two of the three runs that scored under his watch were earned.
The Brewers called upon Francisco Rodriguez to keep the game tied in the 9th when K-Rod became HR-Rod as the closer surrendered a two-out, two-run tie-breaking blast to Casey McGehee followed by a solo shot off the bat of Marcell Ozuna.
For the game McGehee was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI while Ozuna was 3-for-3, also scoring a plating a pair.
Andrew Cashner maneuvered his way through seven innings, serving up nine hits with a walk and two whiffs, surrendering just one run. Cashner helped his own cause with a two-run knock.
Jedd Gyorko finally launched his tenth homer, a two-run shot.
Gyorko, Yasmani Grandal and Cory Spangengberg each had two hits in the victory.
Adrian Gonzalez added to his recent power binge with a two-run shot in the 6th.
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NYM 2, COL 0 WP Jacob deGrom (8-6) LP Christian Bergman (2-3) SV Jeurys Familia (5)