Phillies 4 - 2 Nationals
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Hamels looks to help Phillies take series from Nationals

Aug 16, 2007 - 2:35 PM Philadelphia (63-56) at Washington (55-65) 7:05 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- In the midst of a playoff race, the Philadelphia Phillies cannot afford to lose to the feisty Washington Nationals.

Cole Hamels takes the hill on Thursday looking to make sure that does not happen for a second straight time in the rubber game of a three-game series.

Tim Redding threw six solid innings and delivered a two-run double in the second as the Nationals posted a 4-2 win on Wednesday.

With the loss, the Phillies (63-56) fell into third place in the National League East, four games behind the New York Mets and one-half game in back of the Atlanta Braves (64-56).

Hamels (13-5, 3.64 ERA) will try and help them bounce back, as well as tie Chicago's Carlos Zambrano for the National League lead in wins. On Friday, the 23-year-old lefthander allowed four runs and five hits in seven innings in a 5-4 win over Atlanta.

Meanwhile, Washington has been playing well and hand the ball to rookie John Hanrahan (2-0, 2.76).

The 25-year-old righthander held the San Francisco Giants to one run and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings in a 3-1 win on Thursday.

The Nationals are 19-13 since the All-Star break - the second-best mark in the NL behind the Phillies.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    PHILADELPHIA 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 9 1
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: PHI - COLE HAMELS, ANTONIO ALFONSECA (7TH), TOM GORDON (8TH), J.C.
    ROMERO (8TH), BRETT MYERS (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ
    WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN, CHRIS SCHRODER (6TH), MIKE B

    Aug 16 10:09 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY DMITRI YOUNG (11) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF TOM GORDON.
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4, WASHINGTON 2
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.250, 2-FOR-2, BB)

    Phillies vs. NationalsAug 16 9:44 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RONNIE BELLIARD (7) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF TOM GORDON.
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4, WASHINGTON 1
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R ZIMMERMAN (.265, 0-FOR-3)

    Phillies vs. NationalsAug 16 9:40 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY GREG DOBBS SCORED JAYSON WERTH.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G DOBBS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J ROLLINS (.288, 1-FOR-3, BB)

    Phillies vs. NationalsAug 16 9:35 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY RYAN HOWARD SCORED JIMMY ROLLINS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R HOWARD ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 3
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A ROWAND (.309, 0-FOR-3)

    Phillies vs. NationalsAug 16 9:05 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS RUIZ (4) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 2ND OFF JOEL HANRAHAN SCORED JAYSON WERTH.
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 2, WASHINGTON 0
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: A NUNEZ (.250, 0 HR, 15 RBI)

    Phillies vs. NationalsAug 16 7:27 PM

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