The Phillies used a three run ninth inning to steal a 4-3 victory over the Nationals in game 1 of a day/night double header. Home runs by Bryce Harper, and Trea Turner gave the Nationals a 3-0 lead. Tommy Joseph cut it to 3-1 with a solo home run in the seventh. Aaron Altherr led off the ninth with a solo shot to make it 3-2.  Maikel Franco and Cameron Rupp hit back to back doubles that tied the score 3-3. After Freddy Galvis walked Ty Kelly would single to score Andrew Knapp with the eventual winning run.Hector Neris pitched a scoreless bottom of the  ninth to pick up the save. The Phillies improve to 14-20, and the nationals drop to 23-13.

 Phillies: 3 R – 10 H – 1 E

T. Joseph: 1/4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI
A. Altherr: 2/3, 1 BB, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI
C. Rupp: 2/4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
J. Hellickson: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2 HR
J. Benoit: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, (W, 1-2)
H. Neris: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, (S, 4)

Nationals: 3 R – 9 H – 2 E

T. Turner: 1/5: 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI
B. Harper: 2/4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI
G. Gonzalez: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 HR
S. Kelley: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, (BS, 2)(L, 3-1) 

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