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Philadelphia Phillies @ Washington Nationals

2020-08-26 · Night game · Nationals Park · 85°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph L to R · 3:19

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Washington Nationals 3–2. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Juan Soto homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Philadelphia Phillies took the lead in the 7th — Bryce Harper singles on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto. Roman Quinn scores. Andrew McCutchen to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Eric Thames strikes out swinging — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11
WAS	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Aaron Nola L: Will Harris SV: Brandon Workman

Umpires — HP: Larry Vanover · 1B: Lance Barksdale · 2B: David Rackley · 3B: Chris Conroy · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Andrew McCutchen	5	0	2	0	0	0
Rhys Hoskins	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bryce Harper	4	0	1	1	1	1
J. T. Realmuto	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jean Segura	4	0	1	0	0	1
Philip Gosselin	4	0	2	0	0	1
Didi Gregorius	4	1	2	0	0	0
Alec Bohm	4	0	1	1	0	0
Scott Kingery	1	0	0	0	1	0
Roman Quinn	2	1	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trea Turner	4	0	1	0	0	2
Adam Eaton	4	0	0	0	0	1
Asdrubal Cabrera	3	1	0	0	1	1
Juan Soto	3	1	1	1	1	0
Howie Kendrick	4	0	2	1	0	1
Yan Gomes	4	0	2	0	0	1
Luis Garcia	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eric Thames	4	0	0	0	0	2
Victor Robles	4	0	0	0	0	3

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Aaron Nola	7.0	5	2	8
Tommy Hunter	1.0	0	0	1
Brandon Workman	1.0	2	0	2

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Patrick Corbin	6.0	7	2	3
Will Harris	1.0	2	0	1
Tanner Rainey	1.0	1	0	1
Daniel Hudson	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Andrew McCutchen: S7/L7LD
Rhys Hoskins: W.1-2
Bryce Harper: K
J. T. Realmuto: K
Jean Segura: 53/G56

Bot 1

Trea Turner: K
Adam Eaton: 7/L78XD
Asdrubal Cabrera: 53/G6D

Top 2

Philip Gosselin: S7/G5+
Didi Gregorius: 6/P6MD
Alec Bohm: 9/F9L
Scott Kingery: 3/P3

Bot 2

Juan Soto: HR/F7D
Howie Kendrick: 9/L9
Yan Gomes: S7/G56
Luis Garcia: 43/G34.1-2
Eric Thames: K

Top 3

Andrew McCutchen: 63/G56+
Rhys Hoskins: HR/F78XD
Bryce Harper: 8/L8D
J. T. Realmuto: 13/G1S

Bot 3

Victor Robles: K
Trea Turner: 63/G56
Adam Eaton: 43/G4D+

Top 4

Jean Segura: S9/G4
Philip Gosselin: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M
Didi Gregorius: S8/G4M
Alec Bohm: POCS2(13)

Bot 4

Asdrubal Cabrera: W
Juan Soto: W.1-2
Howie Kendrick: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Yan Gomes: K
Luis Garcia: 54(1)/FO/G6S.2-3;B-1
Eric Thames: SB2
Eric Thames: 7/F78

Top 5

Alec Bohm: 63/G6D+
Scott Kingery: W
Andrew McCutchen: 8/F89XD
Rhys Hoskins: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Bot 5

Victor Robles: 53/G5
Trea Turner: S9/G4+
Adam Eaton: K
Asdrubal Cabrera: SB2
Asdrubal Cabrera: 5/P56D

Top 6

Bryce Harper: 7/F7S
J. T. Realmuto: S9/G4+
Jean Segura: 9/F9LDF/FL
Philip Gosselin: K

Bot 6

Juan Soto: 63/G4D
Howie Kendrick: K
Yan Gomes: S8/G6M
Luis Garcia: 31/G34S

Top 7

Didi Gregorius: T7/L7LD
Alec Bohm: S9/G34.3-H
Roman Quinn: 26(1)/FO/BG2.B-1
Andrew McCutchen: E9/F89XD.1-2
Rhys Hoskins: 9/F9S
Bryce Harper: S7/L7.2-H(UR);1-2
J. T. Realmuto: K

Bot 7

Eric Thames: 3/G3S
Victor Robles: K
Trea Turner: K

Top 8

Jean Segura: K
Philip Gosselin: S9/G34
Didi Gregorius: 6/L56/DP.1X1(63)

Bot 8

Adam Eaton: 13/BG2-
Asdrubal Cabrera: K
Juan Soto: 53/G6

Top 9

Alec Bohm: 8/L89XD
Roman Quinn: 6/P5D
Andrew McCutchen: S8/L8XD
Rhys Hoskins: HP.1-2
Bryce Harper: W.2-3;1-2
J. T. Realmuto: 8/F89D

Bot 9

Howie Kendrick: D7/L7D+
Yan Gomes: 53/G56
Luis Garcia: S7/G6.2-3
Eric Thames: K
Victor Robles: K

Notes & reviews

Originally scored as single, changed to error on 09-04-2020, making his run unearned
Phillies challenged call that Kendrick was safe at 2nd; call upheld - double

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