BLUE JAY S 7 NATIONALS 3 (GAME 2)
Kevin Pillar hit two home runs off Max Scherzer, and the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a four-game skid with a 7-3 win over the Washington Nationals in the second game of a day-night doubleheader. The Nationals won the opener 2-0. Scherzer (6-4) had won each of his previous five starts. That streak ended as he allowed four runs on six hits over six innings. Pillar hit a solo shot in the second and, after Washington scored two in the fourth and one in the fifth, he put Toronto back in the lead with a three-run homer down the left-field line. The centre fielder also singled against Scherzer. Marco Estrada (2-3) pitched six innings, allowing three runs — two earned — and six hits. Tyler Moore drove in two runs for the Nationals.
In the first game, Jordan Zimmermann allowed six hits in eight innings, Bryce Harper singled home the ahead-run off R.A. Dickey and the Nationals beat the Blue Jays 2-0. A day after rain postponed the first meeting of the teams since 2012, Zimmermann (5-2) struck out four and walked one to win for the third time in four starts. After Toronto loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, he got Russell Martin to ground into a double play. Drew Storen pitched a perfect ninth, earning his 17th save in 18 chances for the NL East leaders. Harper’s fifth-inning single gave him 29 RBIs in his last 27 games. Ryan Zimmerman added a sacrifice fly later in the inning. In a game that began with only a few dozen fans in the stands, Dickey (2-6) gave up eight hits, struck out six and walked one. Toronto had been the only major-league team that had not been shut out. The Blue Jays have lost eight of their last 10 road games.