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Brewers' Jeremy Jeffress: Closes door on Nationals Friday

After being unavailable Thursday, Jeffress (eye) pitched a scoreless ninth inning Friday while giving up one hit and a hit batsman and striking out two to earn his 20th save of the year against the Nationals.

Analysis:

Jeffress was protecting a two-run lead and put on the potential tying run with two out before striking out Wilson Ramos to close the door on the Nationals. He's now converted 20 of 21 save opportunities, and he carries a 2.76 ERA.

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