Kyle Freeland, in his return from the 60-day IL, has held the Washington Nationals to one hit and one walk through eight innings, throwing only 90 pitches. Freeland initially carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning before allowing a single hit. Jake Irvin, pitching for the Nationals, has struck out nine of the past 13 batters and allowed three hits. The Colorado Rockies currently lead the game 1-0.
Nats have seen 90 pitches through 8 innings of 1-hit, 1-walk ball. They still trail 1-0.
Kyle Freeland went 5 1/3 with a no-hitter and allowed one through six innings. Jake Irvin has struck out nine of the past 13 batters he faced and allowed three hits. Rockies lead 1-0. Still plenty of time for this to end up 10-9. (I'm a fast learner)
No hits for the Nationals through 5 innings against Kyle Freeland, who has thrown only 53 pitches.
No hits for the Nationals through 4 innings against Kyle Freeland in his return from the 60-day IL.
Nats went down in first inning on nine pitches. First batter strikes out on 3, second grounds out on first pitch and third batter works it for four when grounding out. So that's basically a free inning for Colorado's starter.
Three-pitch strikeout to start the game for Nestor! https://t.co/6epeGLtjSm
Nats are 5-for-6 with two doubles and a homer tonight on the first pitch of an AB.