IF, and it’s almost unnecessary to say that is a huge IF, Washington had any realistic chance to win the division (Hint: They Don’t), then they were going to have to sweep the Braves in the last series between the teams this year. But last night, Atlanta sent out Mike Soroka to duel Max Scherzer and The Maple Maddux said, “Aboot that sweep, eh?”
(No Canadians were harmed in the construction of that last sentence.)
Both starters kept the opposition off the board through 3. The difference was that the Braves were working deeper counts on Mad Max while Mad Mike was being a bit more efficient (although he was helped by a Ryan Zimmerman GIDP in the 2nd after issuing lead off walks to Juan Soto and Asdrubel Cabrera).