Yasmany Tomas and Jake Lamb homered for the second straight game for Arizona, but the D-backs continued their recent free fall. They have now lost 25 of the past 32 games. Zack Godley gave up four runs on eight hits in six innings while striking out seven.
Scherzer's two-run single
WSH@ARI: Scherzer plates two on a single to center
Max Scherzer laces a single through to center field, scoring Anthony Rendon and Danny Espinosa to increase the Nationals' lead to 4-1
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Scherzer stays dominant: Scherzer continued to build on what has been a stellar stretch. After finishing July with a 1.32 ERA and 39 strikeouts in five starts, he picked up where he left off, reaching double-digit strikeouts for the ninth time this season to tie him with Clayton Kershaw for the most such efforts this year.
Scherzer's 10th strikeout
WSH@ARI: Scherzer collects his 10th strikeout of game
Max Scherzer collects his 10th strikeout of the game, ending the 7th inning
Double deja vu: Lamb and Tomas each homered for the second day in a row. After snapping a 3-for-39 skid with his sixth-inning homer on Tuesday night, Lamb went deep again in the sixth on Wednesday, his team-high 23rd blast of the season. Tomas homered in consecutive games for the first time in his career. He has six long balls in his last 11 games.
Tomas' solo home run
WSH@ARI: Tomas drills a solo homer to deep left
Yasmany Tomas belts a solo home run to deep left off Max Scherzer to cut the D-backs' deficit to 4-3
Turner displays his power: Turner, the Nationals' No. 2 prospect as rated by MLB Pipeline, has made an immediate impact on the team this season, mostly with his speed. He displayed a bit of power Wednesday afternoon, hammering a 451-foot solo homer as projected by Statcast™ in the third inning. The shot was the second longest by a Nationals player this season, trailing Wilson Ramos' 455-foot homer on July 24. Murphy -- who was named the NL Player of the month for July -- added a solo homer in the six inning, his 21st of the season, extending his career high.
Turner's solo smash
WSH@ARI: Turner hammers a solo homer to left-center
Trea Turner launches a solo home run to deep left-center off Zack Godley, giving the Nationals a 1-0 lead
WHAT'S NEXT
Nationals: The Nats head home for an off-day Thursday before they begin a three-game series with the Giants on Friday at 7:05 p.m. ET. Washington has not announced their starter yet for the game.
D-backs: After a day off on Thursday, the D-backs open a three-game series against the Brewers at Chase Field on Friday at 6:40 p.m. MST. Braden Shipley makes his home debut after logging the first two starts of his career on the road -- including his MLB debut in Milwaukee on July 25. He threw six scoreless innings against the Dodgers last time out for his first win. Shipley is Arizona's top prospect as ranked by MLBPipeline.com.
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Jake Rill is a reporter for MLB.com based in Arizona.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Scherzer does it all as Nats sweep D-backs
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