Bryce Harper took two walks around a sac fly in his first three trips to the plate tonight, then got hold of one in the bottom of the eighth inning, lining a double to right to start the home half of the frame. Trea Turner singled in the next at bat, sending Harper around to third, and one out later, Juan Soto split the gap with an opposite field two-run double to put the home team up 4-2 on the Baltimore Orioles.
Scherzer vs the O’s: Max Scherzer tossed eight scoreless against the Orioles back on May 30th in Baltimore, striking out 12 of the 27 batters he faced in what ended up a 2-0 win.