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Washington Nationals @ Philadelphia Phillies

2015-09-16 · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 15753 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 1 mph to CF · 2:49

Washington Nationals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 12–2. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Jose Lobaton out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jeff Francoeur. Jayson Werth scores. Clint Robinson to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Darin Ruf homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. Andres Blanco scores — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	1	12	16
PHI	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Gio Gonzalez L: Alec Asher SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chris Segal · 1B: Mike Everitt · 2B: Tim Welke · 3B: Todd Tichenor · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Anthony Rendon	4	3	2	2	0	1
Yunel Escobar	5	0	2	2	0	2
Bryce Harper	5	1	2	2	0	1
Jayson Werth	4	3	3	2	1	0
Clint Robinson	5	1	3	0	0	0
Ian Desmond	4	0	1	1	1	0
Jose Lobaton	3	1	2	2	1	1
Michael Taylor	5	1	1	0	0	1
Gio Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Uggla	0	1	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Freddy Galvis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andres Blanco	4	1	1	0	0	1
Aaron Altherr	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	0	0	0	3
Darin Ruf	2	1	1	2	2	0
Darnell Sweeney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chase d'Arnaud	3	0	0	0	0	3
Cameron Rupp	3	0	2	0	0	0
Alec Asher	1	0	0	0	0	1
Erik Kratz	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Bogusevic	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gio Gonzalez	7.0	5	2	12
Felipe Vazquez	1.0	0	0	1
Rafael Martin	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alec Asher	5.0	7	1	4
Hector Neris	1.0	3	1	0
Justin De Fratus	1.0	1	0	1
Nefi Ogando	1.0	2	2	1
Kenny Roberts	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Anthony Rendon: K
Yunel Escobar: 6/L6+
Bryce Harper: 43/G34D

Bot 1

Freddy Galvis: K
Andres Blanco: 53/G5L
Aaron Altherr: K

Top 2

Jayson Werth: W
Clint Robinson: S34/L34S.1-2
Ian Desmond: 5E3/G6S-.2-3;1-2
Jose Lobaton: 9/SF/L9D+.3-H;2-3
Michael Taylor: CS2(26)/MREV
Michael Taylor: K

Bot 2

Jeff Francoeur: K
Darin Ruf: W
Darnell Sweeney: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 3

Gio Gonzalez: 5/F5SF-
Anthony Rendon: 53/G5
Yunel Escobar: K

Bot 3

Chase d'Arnaud: K
Cameron Rupp: S8/G6M
Alec Asher: K
Freddy Galvis: 9/F89M

Top 4

Bryce Harper: K
Jayson Werth: HR/F7D+
Clint Robinson: 9/F89D
Ian Desmond: 63/G6

Bot 4

Andres Blanco: S4/G6-
Aaron Altherr: K/BINT
Jeff Francoeur: K
Darin Ruf: HR/F78D+.1-H
Darnell Sweeney: 8/F8RD

Top 5

Jose Lobaton: S7/L7S
Michael Taylor: S7/L56D+.1-2
Gio Gonzalez: 14/SH/BG15S-.2-3;1-2
Anthony Rendon: S8/G4M+.3-H;2XH(83251);B-2
Yunel Escobar: D8/L89M.2-H
Bryce Harper: S8/MREV/L4D+.2XH(82)

Bot 5

Chase d'Arnaud: K
Cameron Rupp: S8/G4M
Erik Kratz: S9/L34D.1-2
Freddy Galvis: 54(1)/FO/G56S-.2-3
Andres Blanco: K

Top 6

Jayson Werth: HR/F78XD+
Clint Robinson: D8/F78XD+
Ian Desmond: D8/L8RD+.2-H
Jose Lobaton: W
Michael Taylor: 54(1)3/GDP/G56.2-3
Gio Gonzalez: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 6

Aaron Altherr: 53/G56-
Jeff Francoeur: K
Darin Ruf: W
Darnell Sweeney: 9/F9LD+

Top 7

Anthony Rendon: HP
Yunel Escobar: K
Bryce Harper: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Jayson Werth: 9/F89D+
Clint Robinson: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Chase d'Arnaud: K
Cameron Rupp: 13/G13-
Brian Bogusevic: K

Top 8

Ian Desmond: W
Jose Lobaton: K
Michael Taylor: 54(1)/FO/G5
Dan Uggla: W.1-2
Anthony Rendon: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Yunel Escobar: S9/L34D.3-H;1-H(UR)(NR);B-2(E9)
Bryce Harper: 7/F78S

Bot 8

Freddy Galvis: 53/G5-
Andres Blanco: 63/G6
Aaron Altherr: K

Top 9

Jayson Werth: S9/L4
Clint Robinson: S9/G34.1-2
Ian Desmond: 54(1)/FO/G5.2-3
Jose Lobaton: S9/L34D+.3-H;1-2
Michael Taylor: 5(2)3/GDP/G5S-

Bot 9

Jeff Francoeur: 8/F8LS
Darin Ruf: 63/G6
Darnell Sweeney: 9/L89M

Notes & reviews

replay,2,taylm002,WAS,welkt901,PHI13,,Y,M,PHI,A $when Ian Desmond was called safe at 2B, Phillies interim manager Pete Mackanin challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
Aaron Altherr's backswing struck Jose Lobaton on the top of the helmet as the pitch got by the catcher; Andres Blanco advanced to 2B on the play but was sent back to 1B on the interference
replay,5,harpb003,WAS,welkt901,PHI13,,N,M,WAS,A $when Yunel Escobar was called out at HP, Nationals manager Matt Williams challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
Bryce Harper's 40th home run of the season
when Bryce Harper went out to RF, he traded with the fan who caught Harper's home run ball; the fan got an autographed ball in exchange for the milestone ball

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