The Dodgers swept the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium and moved into sole possession of first place in the NL West.
Wednesday night, Max Scherzer battling through a tight right hamstring to throw six shutout innings and Justin Turner and AJ Pollock delivering clutch two-out, run-scoring hits in the eighth.
No player better personified that resiliency Wednesday night than Scherzer, who felt his hamstring tighten during warmups before the first inning but still needed only 76 pitches to blank the Braves on three hits while striking out nine and walking none. “Once I finished the sixth inning, I could feel that was my limit, because I couldn’t fully get into my back leg,” Scherzer said. “You’re gonna put more stress on your arm when you do that. So even though I was at 76 pitches, it played closer to 90 pitches.”“I didn’t injure it; I just knew it was tight,” Scherzer said. “From there, I had to throttle down. I’ve had this happen in the past, and you just have to work around it.
“I had no idea [he was hurt],” Pollock said of Scherzer. “He’s a bulldog out there. He started giving us fist-bumps [after the sixth], and we’re instructed to not touch him, don’t look at him, until he’s done. Then I found out he was pitching with a tight hamstring all night, and you’d never know. He battled. He was outstanding.”
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