Live Blogging: Cleveland Indians At Washington Nationals

Cleveland Indians at Washington Nationals

Starting Lineups:

Cleveland Indians:
1. Carlos Santana (S) 1B
2. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
3. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
4. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B
5. Lonnie Chisenhall (L) RF
6. Tyler Naquin (L) CF
7. Abraham Almonte (S)  LF
8. Roberto Perez (R) C
9. Trevor Bauer (R)  P

SP: Trevor Bauer RHP (7-5, 4.08 ERA)

Washington Nationals:
1. Trea Turner (R) 2B
2. Jayson Werth (R) LF
3. Daniel Murphy (L) 1B
4. Anthony Rendon (R) 3B
5. Wilson Ramos (R) C
6. Chris Heisey (R) RF
7. Danny Espinosa (S) SS
8. Ben Revere (L) CF
9. Max Scherzer (R) P

SP: Max Scherzer (RHP) (12-6, 2.87 ERA)

      Hello and welcome to another edition of 'Live Blogging on Shish on Baseball'.  Tonight it is an interleague matchup, involving two division leaders, between Cleveland Indians and Washington Nationals.  Trevor Bauer will start for the Indians, while Max Scherzer will get the ball for the Nationals. Indians are playing .500 ball through their last 10 games.  While the Nationals have won 7 of their last 10 games.  It is the Indians and Nationals, which will be played at Nationals Park in D.C.  Coming up next.

Top of 1st Inning:
Due Up:
1. Santana
2. Kipnis
3. Lindor
First Pitch at 7:07 EDT/6:07 CDT
Indians go 1-2-3, in the Top of 1st Inning.

Middle of 1st Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Bottom of 1st Inning:
Due Up:
1. Turner
2. Werth
3. Murphy
Brad Mills is Managing for the Indians tonight.
Bryce Harper not in lineup tonight.  Considered day-to-day.
Nationals leave a runner on 2nd.

End of 1st Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Top of 2nd Inning:
Due Up:
4. Ramirez
5. Chisenhall
6. Naquin
2nd consecutive 1-2-3 inning for the Indians.

Middle of 2nd Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Bottom of 2nd Inning:
Due Up:
5. Ramos
6. Heisey
7. Espinosa
Ramos reaches on error by Jose Ramirez
Nationals have runners on 1st and 3rd.
Nationals leave runners on 1st and 3rd.

End of 2nd Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Top of 3rd Inning:
Due Up:
7. Almonte
8. Perez
9. Bauer
Max Scherzer earns his 5th consecutive 200 strikeout season.
Scherzer perfect through 3 innings.

Middle of 3rd Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Bottom of 3rd Inning:
Due Up:
1. Turner
2. Werth
3. Murphy
Nationals go down 1-2-3

End of 3rd Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Top of 4th Inning:
Due Up:
1. Santana
2. Kipnis
3. Lindor
Scherzer perfect through 4 innings of play.

Middle of 4th Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Bottom of 4th Inning:
Due Up:
4. Rendon
5. Ramos
6. Heisey
Nationals leave a runner on first base.

End of 4th Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Top of 5th Inning:
Due Up:
4. Ramirez
5. Chisenhall
6. Naquin
Scoreboard:
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Scherzer walks Naquin.  Gives up the perfect game.
Indians leave a runner on first base.

Middle of 5th Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Bottom of 5th Inning:
Due Up:
8. Revere
9. Scherzer
1. Turner
Scherzer gets a single to center field.
Werth hits into 6-4-3 double play.

End of 5th Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Top of 6th Inning:
Due Up:
8. Perez
9. Bauer
1. Santana
Scherzer on 72 pitches in this game.
Revere makes leaping catch in left center field off of Roberto Perez.
Indians go down 1-2-3. Scherzer with a no-hitter through 6 innings.

Middle of 6th Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Bottom of 6th Inning:
Due Up:
3. Murphy
4. Rendon
5. Ramos
Anthony Rendon hits a double of a left center field.
Ramos grounds out to shortstop.  Ramos advances to 3rd.
Nationals leave Rendon on 3rd base.

End of 6th Inning:
CLE 0 WSH 0

Top of 7th Inning:
Due Up:
2. Kipnis
3. Lindor
4. Ramirez
Scoreboard
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Francisco Lindor breaks up no-hit bid by Max Scherzer.
Lindor on 3rd, after Scherzer commits throwing error to 1st base.
Jose Ramirez hits a RBI Double scoring Francisco Lindor.  CLE 1 WSH 0
Lonnie Chisenhall hits a RBI Single scoring Jose Ramirez.  CLE 2 WSH 0

Middle of 7th Inning:
CLE 2 WSH 0

Bottom of 7th Inning:
Due Up:
7. Espinosa
8. Revere
9. Scherzer?
Ben Revere hits a double in left center field.
PINCH-HITTER: Brian Goodwin hitting for Max Scherzer
DOUBLE-SWITCH: Rajai Davis playing left field, hitting 9th in the Indians Lineup.  While Andrew Miller (LHP) replaces Trevor Bauer as Indians Pitcher, hitting in the 7 hole for the Indians.
Nationals leave a runner on 2nd base.  That is now 14 men left on base for the Nationals.

End of 7th Inning:
CLE 2 WSH 0

Top of 8th Inning:
Due Up:
8. Perez
9. Davis
1. Santana
PITCHING CHANGE: Blake Treinen (RHP) replaces Max Scherzer at Pitcher for Nationals.
PITCHING CHANGE: Sammy Solis (LHP) replaces Blake Treinen at Pitchr for Nationals.
Indians go down 1-2-3

Middle of 8th Inning:
CLE 2 WSH 0

Bottom of 8th Inning:
Due Up:
2. Werth
3. Murphy
4. Rendon
HOME RUN: Jayson Werth hits a sold home run off of Andrew Miller.  For Werth, it is his 14th HR and 47 RBIs. CLE 2 WSH 1
PITCHING CHANGE: Bryan Shaw (RHP) replaces Andrew Miller as Indians Pitcher.
Mark Melancon warming up in Nationals' Bullpen.
PINCH-RUNNING: Pedro Severino replaces Wilson Ramos.  Severino at first base.
Nationals leave a runner on first base.

End of 8th Inning:
CLE 2 WSH 1

Top of 9th Inning:
Due Up:
2. Kipnis
3. Lindor
4. Ramirez
Jason Kipnis hits a double in left field.
Shawn Kelley (RHP) warming up in the Nationals Bullpen.
Jose Ramirez hits RBI Single off of Sammy Solis, driving in Jason Kipnis.  CLE 3 WSH 1
Indians leave runner on first base.

Middle of 9th Inning:
CLE 3 WSH 1

Bottom of 9th Inning:
Due Up:
7. Espinosa
8. Revere
9. Solis?
PITCHING CHANGE: Cody Allen (RHP) replaces Bryan Shaw as Indians Pitcher.  Allen going for his 21st save in his 23rd save opportunity.
Nationals down to last out.
PINCH-HITTING: Clint Robertson pinch hitting for Sammy Solis.
Nationals down to last strike.
Robertson draws the walk off of Allen.
Nationals leave a runner on 1st base.

Final: Cleveland Indians 3 Washington Nationals 1
W: Bauer (8-5, 3.88) L: Scherzer (12-7, 2.80)  SV: Allen (21)

Final Note: Scherzer pitched a great 6 innings, and then it fell apart for him in the Top of 7th Inning. The Indians were the better team getting runners in to score only leaving 3 men on base, while the Nationals left 16 on base.  Hopefully for the Nationals they get a healthy Bryce Harper soon.

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