The birthday boy Max Scherzer strikes 11, Nats Marlins book

MIAMI – Max Scherzer gave an undeserved pass and pulled out 11 batters in eight innings on his 34th birthday, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Miami Marlins 9-1 on Friday night.

Juan Soto dominated, tripled and led three Matt Adams had three hits and two RBIs, and Bryce Harper led two goals for the Nationals, who beat the Marlins for the 16th time in 17 games, including eight at Miami.

Scherzer (14-5) allowed three shots and did not hit a batter by throwing 74 of his 106 shots for strikes. He lowered his MPM to 2.30

Scherzer withdrew his team in third and sixth place, while he was heading to his 11th double-digit match of the season, his first since the day before. he retired 10 June 16 in Toronto. 19659002] He reached the mark of 200 outs for the seventh consecutive season, linking Roger Clemens and Walter Johnson for the second-longest series in the history of the major league.

Scherzer did not allow scorer until the fourth, when he hit Brian Anderson with a throw, and did not allow a shot up to the fifth, when Martin Prado scored a point in the middle with a withdrawal.

One day after scoring 10 points on 13 hits, including nine extra-base shots, the Nationals recorded to He finished with 16 hits – five for extra goals.

Soto's 13th homerun, the second in as many games for the 19-year-old rookie, gave the Canadians a 2-0 lead. the second.

Washington added two more points in the third on a wild course and as

Pablo Lopez (2-2) allowed nine hits and four runs in 5 innings and 2/3.

The Marlins scored in seventh after third-baseman Mark Reynolds made two errors on one play. Starlin Castro was second. Reynolds could have been accused of another mistake in the next game while Martin Prado's balloon would have caught up, which would have allowed the race to score

Harper scored from the left for a advance of 5-1 in eighth. Adams followed while striking in a race, Soto added a hat-trick and Daniel Murphy had a simple RBI

COACH'S ROOM

Nationals: The Frenchman Stephen Strasburg (neck) received a shot on Thursday and could resume the pitch after a three-day rest period depending on what he feels. He is expected to return to the Miami team on Saturday after being in Los Angeles. "I really think it's good news," manager Dave Martinez said. "We know it's not his shoulder and we know exactly what it is, so now it just makes him better, he's doing it well." He's one of the best in baseball and we miss him and we need him, we really do, I want him to be totally healthy and ready to go. "

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National Championships: The LHP Gio Gonzalez (6-7, 3.94) will start the third game of the series on Saturday night. Gonzalez is 4-2 with a 2.91 ERA in seven starts in his hometown

Marlins: RHP Trevor Richards (3-5, 4.41) has a 2-1 record and a 3.16 ERA at his last six starts.