Nats Nightly

Wilson Ramos came up big with a sixth inning home run off Colorado Rockies' lefty Jorge De La Rosa that tied things up at 4-4 and Bryce Harper came through with an RBI double an inning later to put the Washington Nationals ahead in what ended up a 5-4 win in the series opener in Coors Field. Washington's bullpen picked Max Scherzer up after the right-hander struggled and was out after throwing 97 pitches in just four innings pitched. With the win, the Nats improved to 70-47 with two more to play in Denver, Colorado.