After slugging their way past the Miami Marlins in a 7-2 victory last night, the Washington Nationals’ offense was nowhere near as potent in a pitching duel between starters Max Scherzer and Dan Haren Thursday afternoon. Fortunately for the Nationals, Scherzer didn’t need a whole lot of run support as he turned in one of his best starts of the season to lead the Nationals to a series win over the Marlins.
When Scherzer took the mound for today’s early game against the Marlins, the right-hander was coming off arguably his worst start of the season.