Nationals 5, Phillies 2
Phillies
fans were too distraught to chuck batteries as they watched the
Nationals light up Roy Halliday for 5 runs on 9 hits in a 5-2 win on
Tuesday night in Philly. Homers by Ankiel and Desmond plus multi-hit
games from Lombardozzi, Espinosa, Harper, and even J Zimmermann helped
the Nats win their 3rd straight and take the series from the Phils.
In the 6th inning
at 98 pitches, Davy J kept Zimm in to hit (he got a single) and to
pitch the bottom of the inning. He proceeded to go 1,2,3 on 9
pitches. He didn’t have his best stuff, but he only allowed one run on 7
hits picking up his 3rd win of the season (3-4).
The Phillies climbed back into the game during the 8th inning off of a solo homerun off of Gorzelanny, who was brought in to replace Zimm. It was the first major lead homerun for Erik Kratz...so congrats or whatever. As Kratz rounded the bases you could feel Davey's cries of anguish because the game had entered save-territory. All eyes were waiting to see what "sleeping on it" had told him, and it told him...
