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Philadelphia Phillies @ Washington Nationals

2018-05-06 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 30611 · 68°F · 3:33

Washington Nationals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–4. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Matt Adams homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Philadelphia Phillies took the lead in the 7th — Rhys Hoskins doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Nick Williams scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 9th — Wilmer Difo singles on a line drive to center fielder Odubel Herrera. Howie Kendrick scores. Michael A. Taylor to 3rd. Pedro Severino to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Rhys Hoskins doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Nick Williams scores — worth 22% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Sean Doolittle L: Hector Neris SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Sean Barber · 1B: Mike Winters · 2B: Rob Drake · 3B: Mike Muchlinski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Hernandez	4	0	0	0	1	3
Rhys Hoskins	5	1	1	1	0	3
Odubel Herrera	5	0	3	1	0	1
Aaron Altherr	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Santana	4	0	1	0	0	1
Maikel Franco	3	1	2	1	1	0
Pedro Florimon	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jorge Alfaro	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jake Arrieta	2	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Williams	1	1	1	1	0	0
Scott Kingery	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bryce Harper	4	0	0	0	0	1
Trea Turner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Anthony Rendon	4	0	1	2	0	0
Matt Adams	4	1	2	1	0	1
Matt Wieters	4	0	1	0	0	0
Andrew Stevenson	1	0	1	0	1	0
Michael Taylor	2	0	0	0	2	1
Max Scherzer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wilmer Difo	3	1	1	1	1	1
Howie Kendrick	1	1	0	0	0	1
Moises Sierra	0	1	0	0	1	0
Pedro Severino	0	0	0	1	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Arrieta	6.0	2	2	2
Edubray Ramos	0.1	0	0	0
Adam Morgan	0.1	1	0	0
Luis Garcia	0.2	0	1	2
Tommy Hunter	0.2	2	1	2
Hector Neris	0.0	2	2	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Scherzer	6.1	5	2	15
Sammy Solis	0.0	1	0	0
Brandon Kintzler	0.2	2	0	1
Carlos Torres	1.0	1	0	0
Sean Doolittle	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Hernandez: 7/F78M
Rhys Hoskins: K
Odubel Herrera: D9/L3D
Aaron Altherr: K

Bot 1

Bryce Harper: 8/F8LXD+
Trea Turner: 3/F13S-
Anthony Rendon: 7/F56D

Top 2

Carlos Santana: 3/F34S-
Maikel Franco: S9/L89S
Pedro Florimon: K
Jorge Alfaro: K

Bot 2

Matt Adams: HR/F9LD+
Matt Wieters: 63/G4
Andrew Stevenson: S8/G4+
Michael Taylor: CS2(24)
Michael Taylor: W
Max Scherzer: CS2(24)

Top 3

Jake Arrieta: K
Cesar Hernandez: K
Rhys Hoskins: K

Bot 3

Max Scherzer: 63/G6M-
Wilmer Difo: K
Bryce Harper: 3/G3

Top 4

Odubel Herrera: K
Aaron Altherr: K
Carlos Santana: D9/L9LS
Maikel Franco: IW
Pedro Florimon: K

Bot 4

Trea Turner: 53/G56S-
Anthony Rendon: E6/G6
Matt Adams: 45(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 5

Jorge Alfaro: K
Jake Arrieta: K
Cesar Hernandez: W
Rhys Hoskins: K

Bot 5

Matt Wieters: 8/F8LM
Andrew Stevenson: W
Michael Taylor: 9/F9LM
Max Scherzer: 43/G4M-

Top 6

Odubel Herrera: D9/L9LS+
Aaron Altherr: HP
Carlos Santana: K
Maikel Franco: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 6

Wilmer Difo: 5/F56S-
Bryce Harper: 63/G4
Trea Turner: K

Top 7

Pedro Florimon: S9/L3D
Jorge Alfaro: SB2
Jorge Alfaro: K
Nick Williams: S8/L8LS-.2-H
Cesar Hernandez: K
Rhys Hoskins: D8/L78D+.1-H
Odubel Herrera: S8/G4M.2-H
Aaron Altherr: 8/F8RM

Bot 7

Anthony Rendon: 53/G5-
Matt Adams: S8/L8RS
Matt Wieters: 14(1)/FO/G
Howie Kendrick: K

Top 8

Carlos Santana: 63/G4
Maikel Franco: HR/F78D+
Pedro Florimon: 31/G34
Jorge Alfaro: 53/G56+

Bot 8

Michael Taylor: K
Moises Sierra: W
Wilmer Difo: W.1-2
Bryce Harper: K
Trea Turner: S4/G4S-.2-3;1-2
Anthony Rendon: S7/G56+.3-H;2-H;1-2
Matt Adams: WP.2-3;1-2
Matt Adams: K

Top 9

Scott Kingery: K
Cesar Hernandez: K
Rhys Hoskins: E6/TH/G6S-
Odubel Herrera: 4/F8RS

Bot 9

Matt Wieters: S4/G4
Howie Kendrick: PO1(E1).1-3
Howie Kendrick: HP
Michael Taylor: W.1-2
Pedro Severino: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Wilmer Difo: S8/L8RM.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Nationals challenged call that Wieters was out at first to complete DP; call was overturned - force out, no DP
Phillies challenged call that Hoskins was out at 1st; call was overturned - safe on throwing error

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