Turner, Castellanos, Realmuto slug 2-run homers as Phillies beat Nationals 6-2

PHILADELPHIA — Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto hit two-run homers, main the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night time.

The Phillies took three of the 4 video games within the collection from the Nationals, together with Michael Lorenzen’s no-hitter on Wednesday night time. Philadelphia moved 1 1/2 video games forward of idle San Francisco for the highest spot within the NL wild-card race.

Philadelphia (64-52) improved to a season-best 12 video games over .500. The Phillies are 39-22 since June 1, a win complete matched solely by NL East-leading Atlanta, which is 39-19 in that stretch.

The solely bitter word in Thursday’s victory for the Phillies was slugger Bryce Harper leaving the sport within the prime of the fifth inning with what the membership referred to as mid-back spasms. He was present process analysis, the workforce stated.

After struggling for many of Thursday to money in on seven walks by Nationals starter Patrick Corbin, the Phillies lastly broke by means of within the sixth when Turner hit his twelfth homer of the season into the left-center subject bleachers off reliever Andres Machado to present Philadelphia a 2-1 lead.

Turner, a profession .295 hitter with a .823 on-base/slugging proportion (OPS) throughout his first eight years within the majors, entered the homestand with a .235 common and a .657 OPS within the first 12 months of his 11-year, $300 million free agent contract.

Instead of boos, Turner was greeted by standing ovations from the notoriously impatient Philadelphia fan base and has instantly responded along with his finest stretch of the season. In his final seven video games since returning to Philadelphia, Turner is hitting .370 with 4 doubles, two homers and eight RBIs.

Castellanos adopted within the seventh inning with a two-run homer off Joe La Sorsa, his twentieth lengthy ball of the season and third in two video games. Three hitters later, Realmuto hit his 14th homer of the 12 months so as to add to the lead. Realmuto had two hits.

Aaron Nola went 5 innings and allowed no runs, however didn’t determine within the choice. Matt Strahm (8-3) picked up the victory for the Phillies.

CJ Abrahams, Joey Meneses, Kelbert Ruiz and Ildemaro Vargas every had two hits for Washington (50-65). Vargas knocked in each Washington runs with two doubles.

TRAINERS ROOM

Nationals: RHP Hunter Harvey (proper elbow pressure) and RHP Tanner Rainey (Tommy John surgical procedure) are scheduled to face hitters this week at Nationals Park. Manager Davey Martinez indicated that Harvey, who has been out since mid-July, may throw about 40 pitches, whereas Rainey might go wherever from 20 to 25 pitches.

Phillies: LHP Jose Alvarado (left elbow irritation) had his scheduled batting observe session postponed on Thursday as storms rolled by means of the Philadelphia space, wiping out any outside work. Alvarado is scheduled to throw batting observe on Friday, with a potential Tuesday rehabilitation project beginning at Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

UP NEXT

Nationals; Begin a three-game collection in opposition to Oakland at residence on Friday night time. RHP Joan Adon (1-0, 4.91) will take the mound in opposition to Athletics RHP Paul Blackburn (2-2, 4.35)

Phillies: Open a three-game collection at residence in opposition to AL Central-leading Minnesota. Philadelphia LHP Cristopher Sanchez (0-3, 3.44 ERA) will take the mound in opposition to former Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel (0-0, 1.80).