The Phillies played the roll of spoiler by beating the Nationals on Friday night 8-2 to push the Nationals a little closer to being eliminated from the playoffs. Jayson Werth gave the Nationals an early 1-0 lead with a RBI single in the first. For something completely different Aaron Altherr (4) hit an inside the park grand slam home run in the third to give the Phillies a 4-1 lead. Aaron Altherr (5), and Darin Ruf (10) hit solo home runs in the fifth to make it 6-1 Phillies. Jayson Werth’s (12) solo home run in the sixth cut it to 6-2 Phillies. Cody Asche’s (12) two run homer in the eighth ended the scoring and made it an 8-2 final. The Phillies are now 58-96, and the Nationals drop to 78-75.

Phillies: 8 R – 10 H – 1 E

Jerad Eickhoff: 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 1 HR, (W, 2-3)
Aaron Altherr: 4/5, 1 2B, 2 HR , 2 R, 5 RBI
Cody Asche: 2/4, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI
Darin Ruf: 2/3, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI

Nationals: 2 R – 7 H – 0 E

Jordan Zimmermann : 5 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 3 HR (L, 13-9)
Rafeal Martin: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR
Jayson Werth: 2/4, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI 

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