It looked like the Phillies might pull off the sweep of the day/night double header against the Nationals. Freddy Galvis gave the Phillies a 5-4 lead with a two run triple in the top of the eighth inning. Unfortunately Pat Nesheck surrendered his first runs of the season on a two run homer by Michael Taylor in the bottom of the eighth that put the Nationals up 6-5. Matt Albers pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his second save and the Nationals avoided the sweep. The Phillies drop to 14-21, and the Nationals improve to 24-13.

Phillies: 5 R – 10 H – 1 E

A. Blanco: 1/4, 1 RBI
B. Stassi: 2/3, 1 RBI
F. Galvis: 2/4, 1 3B, 2 RBI
A. Knapp: 1/4, 1 RBI
V. Velasquez: 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K
L. Garcia: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
P. Neshek: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)

Nationals: 6 R – 8 H – 0 E

B. Harper: 3/4, 1 2B, 2 RBI
T. Turner: 0/3, SF, 1 R, 1 RBI
M. Taylor: 1/4, 1 HR, 1 R, 2 RBI
B. Goodwin: 1/1, 1 2B, 1 RBI
M. Scherzer: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K,
M. Grace: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
J. Turner: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
M. Albers: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, (S, 2)  

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