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POST-GAME NOTES – MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2016
NATIONALS 4, CUBS 1
Chicago Cubs
Washington Nationals
Winning Pitcher:
Losing Pitcher:
Save:
1
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
1
Max Scherzer (8-4)
Kyle Hendricks (4-6)
Shawn Kelley (1)
4
0
0
5
0
0
6
1
3
7
0
0
8
0
0
9
0
X
R H E LOB
1 2 2
1
4 10 0 12
Home Runs (Season Total, Inning off Pitcher, Runners On, Outs, Count)
CHI: Russell (5, 6th inning off Scherzer, 0 on, 1 out, 3-2 pitch)
WSH: Ramos (10, 6th inning off Hendricks, 0 on, 0 out, 1-0 pitch)
Starters’ Pitch Count
Kyle Hendricks
Max Scherzer
First Pitch: 7:08 p.m.
Pitches
95
96
Strikes
62
63
GameTime Temp.: 80 degrees
Time of Game: 2 hours, 44 minutes
Attendance: 37,187
WASHINGTON NATIONALS (40-24)
-RHP Max Scherzer allowed one earned run on two hits in 7.0 innings of work to earn his third win in a row…He struck out 11 and did not walk a batter…He
carried a perfect game into the sixth inning before SS Addison Russell hit a solo home run to left field…According to Stats, LLC., it was the seventh time
Scherzer has carried a no-hitter through 5.0 innings as a member of the Nationals…It was the 40th career 10+strikeout game of his career…He is the 26th player
in Major League Baseball history with 40 or more 10+strikeout games.
-With tonight’s win, the Nationals have won four in a row, seven of their last eight and 11 of their last 14 games…With today’s 4-1 win, the Nationals are 40-24,
their best record through 64 games in team history (2005-pres.)…The 40-24 record matches the 1994 Expos and 1979 Expos for the best in franchise
(Nationals/Expos) history.
-LF Jayson Werth scored the first run of the game on RF Bryce Harper’s single to center field…Werth went first to third on a single by Harper before the ball
skipped away from 3B Kris Bryant, allowing Werth to score…Werth reached base safely in three of his five plate appearances, going 1-for-3 with two walks.
-C Wilson Ramos put the Nationals ahead, 2-1, with his 10th home run of the season, a solo shot in the sixth inning into the Nationals’ bullpen…Ramos has now
hit at least 10 home runs in four straight seasons (2013-16) and five times in his career (also: 2011)…He added a single in the seventh inning to finish the night
2-for-4…In 11 games since May 31, Ramos is 14-for-37 (.378) with two doubles, four homers, 11 RBI, four walks, and 11 runs scored.
-With an RBI-single in the sixth inning, SS Danny Espinosa has hit safely in five of his last six games, going .435 (10-for-23) with two doubles, three homers,
five RBI, two walks and seven runs scored.
-CF Ben Revere went 2-for-4 with one RBI and two stolen bases…Revere has hit safely in seven of his last eight games, going 12-for-32 (.375) with one double,
four RBI, three walks, two stolen bases and six runs scored.
-RHP Shawn Kelley converted his fifth career save, first since April 16, 2014 vs. CHI
CHICAGO CUBS (43-19)
-1B Anthony Rizzo’s double in the left-center gap in the top of the seventh inning extended his hitting streak to 10…It his longest career hitting streak, hitting
.390 (16-for-41) with 16 hits, four doubles, and two home-runs…In his last game versus Atlanta, Rizzo went 3-for-6 with a double and three RBI…He ranks
second in the National League with 47 RBI (behind COL Nolan Arenado, who has 53).
-In the top of the sixth inning, SS Addison Russell hit RHP Max Scherzer’s 3-2 pitch into the left field bleachers for a solo home-run…It was home-run number
five of the season for Russell, his 33rd RBI…the home-run extended his hitting streak to three games, going 3-for-7 in his past three games.