Pirates Can’t Keep Pace With Nationals, Fall 7-1

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Max Scherzer pitched four innings in his return from the injured list, giving up one run as the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 on Thursday night.
Scherzer allowed four hits, struck out three and walked one. The three-time Cy Young Award winner was put on the IL on July 26 with a strain in his upper back – a day earlier, he made his first start since being on the injured list with a back issue.
The Nationals hadn’t set a pitch count for Sc