Early runs was the name of the game again for the Washington Nationals as they beat the Chicago Cubs 9-1. With home runs and a dominating pitching performance from their starter, Gio Gonzalez, the Nats cruised to their fourth straight win and 84th win on the season. The Nats are on pace for 100 wins this season, and the magic number is 19.
Gio Gonzalez has been on an absolute tear lately. He took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning, until Darwin Barney hit a hard grounder just to Ryan Zimmerman’s left at third base, but that didn’t take away from the outing. He went seven innings and gave up just three hits, no runs, no walks, and struck out nine on 93 pitches.
Since the beginning of August, Gio has gone seven or more innings four times. He’s given up zero runs in his last two outings, he once again sports a sub-3.00 ERA (2.98), and he is tied with R.A. Dickey for the National League lead with 18 wins. Sure sounds like an NL Cy Young candidate to me.
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Darwin Barney,
Ryan Zimmerman,
RA Dickey,
Roger Bernadina,
Adam LaRoche,
Bryce Harper,
Ken Griffey,
Ian Desmond,
Danny Espinosa,
Kurt Suzuki
TEAMS: Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets
TEAMS: Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets
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