Markakis, Suzuki come through for Braves without Freeman

By Daniel Shirley

May 20, 2017 7:58 AM

A look around Major League Baseball’s NL East race today.

Atlanta 7, Washington 4

Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 2

N.Y. Mets 3, L.A. Angels 0

L.A. Dodgers 7, Miami 2

Philadelphia (Velasquez 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Nova 3-3), 4:05 p.m.

Washington (Scherzer 4-2) at Atlanta (Colon 2-4), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Meyer 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 2-2), 7:15 p.m.

Miami (Straily 1-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Urias 0-1), 10:10 p.m.　

▪ Gio Gonzalez gave up four runs on nine hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings Friday against the Braves.

▪ Max Scherzer is 5-0 with a 3.12 ERA in six starts against the Braves since the start of 2016. The Nationals are 6-0 in those starts.

▪ Four Braves relievers combined to throw 3 2/3 perfect innings Friday against the Nationals.

▪ The Braves scored three eighth-inning runs on a Nick Markakis go-ahead single a Kurt Suzuki two-run home run.

▪ Dansby Swanson hit a two-run home run and is batting .286 in May after batting .156 in April.

▪ Jake DeGrom (3-1) ended a 17-game stretch in which no Mets starters got an out in the seventh inning Friday against the Angels.

▪ DeGrom retired 13 straight at one point and gave up four hits, struck out nine and walked three in seven innings.

▪ Jeremy Hellickson retired 16 of the final 17 batters he faced against the Pirates on Friday.

▪ The Phillies snapped a four-game losing streak.

▪ The Marlins have lost 10 of their past 11 games.

▪ Dan Straily (1-3, 3.56 ERA) has allowed only an earned run and four hits in the 12 innings of his past two starts.

This story was originally published May 20, 2017 at 7:58 AM with the headline "Markakis, Suzuki come through for Braves without Freeman."