It stayed tied into the 11th inning, and then it wasn't a game anymore. The Washington Nationals scored six times in the extra frame to pull away from the Philadelphia Phillies, winning 10-4 at Citizens Bank Park after both bullpens had spent the night trading leads.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| PHI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
C. J. Abrams was at the center of it. He went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored, capped by a two-run triple in the 11th that put Washington in front for good. His night also included an early single that drove in the game's first run. Brady House added a solo homer to right center that tied the score in the seventh, part of a game in which the lead changed hands repeatedly.
The decisive swing came with the score tied 4-4 in the 11th. Abrams tripled to right, and both House and Young scored to make it 6-4. Washington kept pushing from there: Mikolas' sacrifice bunt brought home Abrams, Chaparro's double scored Mikolas and Crews, and Nuñez grounded out to short to bring in Ford, stretching the margin to 10-4. Earlier, the game had gone back and forth all night — Arraez tied it with a home run in the second before Crawford's sacrifice fly put Philadelphia back in front, and Stott's single in the seventh brought the score level again at 3-3 before a Nuñez walk and a Turner sacrifice fly produced another tie at 4-4 in the 10th.
Phillies starter Andrew Painter allowed 1 run over 4.0 innings before handing off to a bullpen that could not hold the line, finishing with 9 runs allowed (7 earned) over 7.0 innings across eight relievers. Washington starter Jake Irvin gave up 2 runs (2 earned) in 5.1 innings, and the Nationals' bullpen was far steadier, allowing just 2 runs (1 earned) over 5.2 innings. Clayton Beeter picked up the win after working 1.0 scoreless inning with 1 run allowed, improving to 4-3 on the season.
Washington improved to 56-60 and snapped a stretch with the win, while Philadelphia fell to 61-54. Luis Arraez, who homered and scored a run, sits at 490 career runs, 10 shy of the 500 mark.