The Washington Nationals used a dominant performance from Max Scherzer, and three home runs to beat the San Diego Padres, 5-1 on Friday evening.
Scherzer gave up one run on three hits and two walks, and recorded 13 strikeouts in 8.2 innings of work.
Scherzer was an out away from throwing a complete game, but he hit Padres’ third baseman Ryan Schimpf to load the bases with two outs, which forced acting manager Chris Speier to take him out of the game.
Shortstop Trea Turner went 2-4 with a double and a leadoff home run in the first inning.