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Washington Nationals @ Philadelphia Phillies

2016-08-29 · Night game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 16056 · 89°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph from LF · 2:58

Washington Nationals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–0. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Jayson Werth homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Maikel Franco grounds into a double play, shortstop Danny Espinosa to second baseman Daniel Murphy to first baseman Clint Robinson. Odubel Herrera out at 2nd. Maikel Franco out at 1st — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Tanner Roark L: Jake Thompson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Quinn Wolcott · 1B: Clint Fagan · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Brian Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trea Turner	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jayson Werth	5	1	1	1	0	1
Daniel Murphy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bryce Harper	3	1	0	0	1	0
Anthony Rendon	4	1	1	1	0	1
Wilson Ramos	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clint Robinson	4	1	2	1	0	1
Danny Espinosa	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tanner Roark	3	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Heisey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Cesar Hernandez	3	0	1	1
Odubel Herrera	4	2	0	0
Maikel Franco	4	0	0	1
Tommy Joseph	4	1	0	2
Aaron Altherr	3	0	0	1
Cameron Rupp	3	0	0	0
Jimmy Paredes	3	0	0	1
Freddy Galvis	2	1	0	0
Jake Thompson	0	0	0	0
Tyler Goeddel	1	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanner Roark	7.0	4	1	5
Marc Rzepczynski	1.0	0	0	1
Mark Melancon	1.0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Thompson	7.0	7	1	3
Michael Mariot	1.0	0	0	1
Frank Herrmann	1.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Trea Turner: 43/G4
Jayson Werth: HR/F78D+
Daniel Murphy: 31/G34S
Bryce Harper: W
Anthony Rendon: S8/L8LS.1-H
Wilson Ramos: 9/L89D+

Bot 1

Cesar Hernandez: 7/F7LD
Odubel Herrera: S9/L4D
Maikel Franco: K
Tommy Joseph: K

Top 2

Clint Robinson: S9/L34D
Danny Espinosa: 8/L89D+
Tanner Roark: 9/F9S-
Trea Turner: 8/F8LS-

Bot 2

Aaron Altherr: 53/G56S-
Cameron Rupp: 8/F8RXD+
Jimmy Paredes: 53/G6S-

Top 3

Jayson Werth: 63/G6+
Daniel Murphy: S7/G6+
Bryce Harper: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 3

Freddy Galvis: HP
Jake Thompson: 14/SH.1-2
Cesar Hernandez: W
Odubel Herrera: 5/F25F-
Maikel Franco: 9/F9D

Top 4

Anthony Rendon: 8/F89S
Wilson Ramos: 9/F9D
Clint Robinson: 5/F5F-

Bot 4

Tommy Joseph: S7/G56+
Aaron Altherr: 6(1)3/GDP/G6
Cameron Rupp: 63/G6

Top 5

Danny Espinosa: 5/F25F-
Tanner Roark: 43/G4
Trea Turner: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 5

Jimmy Paredes: K
Freddy Galvis: S49/L4D-
Jake Thompson: 54/SH/BG2L-.1-2
Cesar Hernandez: K

Top 6

Jayson Werth: 7/F7LD
Daniel Murphy: S8/G4
Bryce Harper: 7/F78S
Anthony Rendon: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 6

Odubel Herrera: S8/G4M
Maikel Franco: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Tommy Joseph: 8/F8RD

Top 7

Wilson Ramos: S8/G6M+
Clint Robinson: K
Danny Espinosa: K
Tanner Roark: S5/G5S-.1-2
Trea Turner: K

Bot 7

Aaron Altherr: K
Cameron Rupp: 8/F8RXD+
Jimmy Paredes: 7/F78D

Top 8

Jayson Werth: K
Daniel Murphy: 5/P5F
Bryce Harper: 3/G3

Bot 8

Freddy Galvis: 43/G4
Tyler Goeddel: K
Cesar Hernandez: 43/G4+

Top 9

Anthony Rendon: K+PB.B-1
Wilson Ramos: 2/F23F-
Clint Robinson: PO1(E1)/MREV/FINT.1-3
Clint Robinson: S9/L9S.3-H(UR)
Danny Espinosa: W.1-2
Chris Heisey: 34(1)/FO/MREV/G34S.2-3
Trea Turner: S7/G56.3-H(UR);1-2
Jayson Werth: 9/F9M

Bot 9

Odubel Herrera: 13/G13-
Maikel Franco: 7/L7M
Tommy Joseph: K

Notes & reviews

replay,9,robic001,WAS,gormb901,PHI13,,Y,M,WAS,N $when the pickoff throw went to the stands and a fan touched the ball, the umpires placed Anthony Rendon at 2B; Nationals manager Dusty Baker challenged the ruling, which was overturned by replay; Rendon was placed at 3B
replay,9,heisc001,WAS,gormb901,PHI13,,N,M,PHI,E $when Chris Heisey was called safe at 1B, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin challenged the ruling on the slide at 2B; the call was upheld as a legal slide by replay

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