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:OUCH!Nationals ace Max Scherzer has a broken nose after fouling a ball off his face during batting practice Tuesday Whitey Herzog Jersey , and it’s unclear when he’ll return to the mound. Scherzer was attempting a bunt when he redirected a pitch off his face. The three-time Cy Young Award winner was scheduled to start one of the two games during a day-night doubleheader against Philadelphia on Wednesday. The Nationals said Scherzer’s status — as well as the team’s pitching plan for the doubleheader — was still to be determined.ROUGH CUTSWith Aaron Judge nearing a return from the injured list, the Yankees are facing an unusual roster crunch. Judge could be back in the Bronx any day, and Cameron Maybin would be a most logical option to get cut on his return — except Maybin has been the club’s hottest hitter, homering Tuesday in his fourth consecutive game. Maybin can’t be optioned to Triple-A, so keeping him would likely require the Yankees to go short-handed in the bullpen instead.DIGITAL DUSTUPMajor League Baseball said it was inappropriate for the umpires’ union to comment on Manny Machado’s one-game suspension for his conduct following his ejection for arguing a called third strike Saturday. The MLB Umpires Association tweeted about the ban Tuesday, criticizing Machado for “VIOLENTLY throwing his bat against the backstop with absolutely no regard to anyone’s safety.” The tweet featured the hashtags #Violence, #TemperTantrum and #NotTolerated and others. MLB said in a statement it does “not believe it is appropriate for the union representing Major League Umpires to comment on the discipline of players represented by the Players Association.” MLB also said it was “inappropriate” to compare Machado’s outburst to the “extraordinarily serious issue of workplace violence.” Machado declined comment on the tweet. He is appealing the suspension.TAKE YOUR TIMEThe Cubs plan to move slowly with Kyle Hendricks after tests confirmed the right-hander is dealing with a shoulder impingement. Hendricks was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday, one day after he permitted five runs in 4 1/3 innings in a 5-3 loss to NL West-leading Los Angeles. Hendricks was 6-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his previous eight starts before stumbling against the Dodgers. “There’s no question we’ll take the length of the season into account http://www.stlouiscardinalsteamshop.com/authentic-marcell-ozuna-jersey ,” general manager Jed Hoyer said Tuesday before a game against the crosstown White Sox. “We know how impactful he is when he’s right and we want to get him right and if that means patience, we’ll exercise patience.”NO HITS OR NO HASSLEDiamondbacks veteran Zack Greinke makes his first start since taking a no-hitter into the seventh against Washington. Greinke allowed an infield single leading off that inning and was pulled after 7 1/3 innings due to a rain delay, then said the no-hitter wouldn’t have mattered much to him anyway. “I don’t really think about (no-hitters) that much. I just assume I’ll never throw one,” he said, later adding: “Just probably be more hassle than anything.” Greinke is set to share the mound with Colorado righty Jon Gray. MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers manager Craig Counsell says every day is going to be difficult during the final two weeks of the regular season, and the Pittsburgh Pirates showed why.Jesus Aguilar and Domingo Santana hit back-to-back home runs to begin the ninth inning for Milwaukee, but the NL wild-card leaders couldn’t complete the rally and lost 3-2 on Sunday.“You’ve got to bring it every day,” Counsell said. “It’s a good message for us the rest of the season — every day’s a tough day. We’re treating it like that.”The Brewers remained 2½ games behind Chicago in the NL Central after the Cubs’ 2-1 loss to Cincinnati. Milwaukee leads the NL wild-card chase by three games over Los Angeles and St. Louis.“We’re not trying to think about that Orlando Cepeda Jersey ,” Aguilar said. “All we can control right now is going out there and winning games. We can’t worry about what anybody else is doing.”Pirates starter Trevor Williams (13-9) pitched six scoreless innings. Milwaukee hadn’t scored in 16 straight innings before Aguilar’s shot into the left-field bleachers off closer Felipe Vazquez to lead off the ninth.Santana followed with a home run on the next pitch. But Vazquez settled down from there to convert his 24th consecutive save and 34th overall this season. Ryan Braun struck out, Mike Moustakas popped out weakly and Erik Kratz grounded out to end it.“That game gets away from a lot of closers,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “But it didn’t get away from ours.”NO HELPBrewers starter Jhoulys Chacin (14-8) was moved up in the rotation because of his past success against Pittsburgh. But, without any run support, it didn’t matter.“It’s frustrating,” Chacin said. “We have to find a way to beat the Pirates.”Milwaukee is 5-11 against Pittsburgh this season and has scored three runs or less in 10 of those games.Meanwhile, Williams sparkled again. After a so-so first-half, he is 6-2 with a 1.19 ERA in 10 second-half starts. He struck out seven while scattering two hits and two walks and has allowed just one run in 13 innings against Milwaukee.“To be able to get a series win against a good division rival this late in the year is good for us Keith Hernandez Jersey ,” Williams said. “It is good for us to carry this momentum into our final home stand.”SPOILER ALERTPittsburgh will remain a major factor in who ultimately wins the NL Central with three more games at home against Milwaukee beginning Friday and a four-game trip to Chicago starting Sept. 24.“We’ve got a tough schedule to finish out the year,” said Williams, who has given up one run over 13 innings against Milwaukee this season. “I think for us collectively we just have to play the best ball that we are able to.”STREAK ENDSChristian Yelich’s NL-best streak of reaching base safely ended at 30 games with an 0-for-4 performance for Milwaukee.TRAINER’S ROOMPirates: C Elias Diaz (right hamstring) could return to action as soon as Monday against Kansas City. . Pirates pitching coach Ray Searage is scheduled to undergo cervical neck surgery this week. Justin Meccage will serve as interim pitching coach.Brewers: Counsell says he’s not concerned with Chacin’s workload, which now stands at 178 innings. With two more projected starts this season, Chacin will finish just shy of his career high of 197 1/3 innings in 2013.UP NEXTPirates: RHP Joe Musgrove (6-9, 3.87 ERA) leads Pittsburgh into an interleague matchup with the Kansas City Royals.Brewers: Wade Miley (4-2, 2.23) gets the nod to begin a three-game series with Cincinnati.