Phillies 4 - 0 Nationals
Final
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Phillies hope to gain ground in NL East vs. red-hot Nationals

Sep 2, 2008 - 1:56 PM Philadelphia (75-63) at Washington (53-85), 7:10 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Looking to gain ground in the National League East, the Philadelphia Phillies have to defeat the major league's hottest team.

The Phillies face the suddenly surging Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

Philadelphia trials the New York Mets (77-61) by two games in the NL East race.

Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run homer to lead the Nationals to their season-best seventh consecutive victory with a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday afternoon.

Washington's seven-game winning streak is the franchise's second-longest since it returned to Washington in 2005. That season, the Nationals won 10 in a row from June 2-12.

John Lannan (8-12, 3.92 ERA) will attempt to keep the Nationals' rolling. The lefthander will try to record his third win in as many starts.

He will be opposed by ace Cole Hamels (11-8, 3.13), who is hoping to win his third straight decision. The lefthander has given up four runs over 22 innings in his last three games.








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

    BATTERIES: PHI - COLE HAMELS, J.C. ROMERO (8TH), CHAD DURBIN (8TH), BRAD LIDGE
    (9TH) AND CARLOS RUIZ
    WAS - JOHN LANNAN, LEVALE SPEIGNER (7TH), MIKE HINCKLEY
    (7TH), GARRETT MO

    Sep 2 9:52 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    CHASE UTLEY HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING CARLOS RUIZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 4
    WASHINGTON 0 END TOP, 7TH

    Phillies 4, Nationals 0  Top 7, 0 OutsSep 2 9:04 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JIMMY ROLLINS SCORED PEDRO FELIZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J ROLLINS ON FIRST, C RUIZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 3
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: C UTLEY (.293, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Phillies 3, Nationals 0  Top 7, 0 OutsSep 2 8:58 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHASE UTLEY SCORED JIMMY ROLLINS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C UTLEY ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 2
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J WERTH (.278, 0-FOR-1)

    Phillies 2, Nationals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsSep 2 7:45 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JIMMY ROLLINS SCORED CARLOS RUIZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J ROLLINS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: PHILADELPHIA 1
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: C UTLEY (.293, 0-FOR-1)

    Phillies 1, Nationals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsSep 2 7:43 PM

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