With runners on the corners and one out in the seventh, with a shutout still on the line, Max Scherzer put an exclamation mark on his brilliant start. Scherzer notched his 10th and 11th strikeouts to get out of the jam and the Washington Nationals went on to beat the San Diego Padres 4-1 Saturday night, their 14th victory in 18 games. ''I always believe your last 15 pitches dictate kind of how you feel about your start,'' Scherzer said. The Padres were one out from being shut out for the second straight night and the fifth time in 12 games before Alexi Amarista hit an RBI single off Aaron Barrett. More...