WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Max Scherzer was dominant at Nationals Park on Thursday night as the Nationals blanked the Orioles, 4-0, to win the finale of the four-game, home-and-home Battle of the Beltways clash. The Nats put the brakes on a four-game skid, while ending the O's three-game winning streak.
Scherzer pitched eight innings and allowed two hits, the first coming in the fourth, when Adam Jones led off with a double. After that, Scherzer retired the next 12 batters he faced until Mark Trumbo singled to center field to lead off the eighth.