PHILADELPHIA — Stone Garrett hit a grand slam, Jeimer Candelario added a solo shot and reliever Kyle Finnegan pitched out of late-inning jams that helped the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Sunday.

The Nationals took two of three from the defending National League champions and completed a stable 6-3 on a nine-game, 10-day highway journey. The worst crew within the NL East, they gained sequence in opposition to Seattle and San Diego on the journey and have gained seven of 11 total.

They additionally put a dent within the Phillies’ playoff hunt.

The Phillies seemingly picked up the place they left off following Saturday’s 19-run outburst that was keyed by Kyle Schwarber’s grand slam and a Nick Castellanos dwelling run.

Castellanos did it once more Sunday when he hit his twelfth homer of the yr, connecting off Trevor Williams (5-4) into the right-field seats for the 1-0 lead within the first. Bryce Harper singled and J.T. Realmuto then crushed a two-run shot that made it 3-0.

Williams settled down and tossed 5 innings in a sport interrupted by a 23-minute rain delay.

Phillies starter Ranger Suarez (2-3) had loaded the bases on successful and two walks within the third when Garrett drove the primary pitch he noticed into the seats for his second profession grand slam.

Candelario added a homer, his eleventh, within the fifth. Suarez didn't return to the mound following the delay within the sixth and left after giving up 5 runs in 5 1/3 innings.

The Phillies have blended video games with huge offensive outbursts with ones through which they constantly fail to get clutch hits late within the sport with runners in scoring place. Case in level: the sixth, seventh and eight innings in opposition to three Nationals relievers.

Bryson Stott led off the sixth with a double and Alec Bohm walked. But Darick Hall hit right into a double play, Brandon Marsh whiffed and the Phillies didn't rating. Castellanos added a run-scoring double within the seventh - his twenty seventh after he had 26 all of final season - to make it 5-4 and Harper walked. Finnegan escaped when he bought Realmuto to floor into an inning-ending double play.

Finnegan was nonetheless on the mound within the eighth when he had two on and one out and bought Marsh to hit right into a 4-6-3 double play.

Hunter Harvey labored the ninth for his eighth save.

MAKING MOVES

The Phillies recalled 1B Hall from Triple-A Lehigh Valley and he batted eighth. They despatched infielder Kody Clemens to Triple-A.

Hall made the opening day roster, however his stint was short-lived after he wanted surgical procedure on his proper thumb. Hall hit 9 homers in 41 video games final season as a rookie. He went 1 for 4 on Sunday.

Clemens, son of former main leaguer Roger Clemens, hit .230 with 4 homers in 47 video games.

UP NEXT

Bye-bye, Philly. The Phillies have Monday off after which begin a six-day Florida highway journey that leads into the All-Star break. The Phillies ship RHP Aaron Nola (7-5, 4.51 ERA) to the mound Tuesday in opposition to the Rays, who haven't named a starter. The Phillies don’t return dwelling till July 14.

The Nationals head dwelling for 4 in opposition to the Reds. They ship RHP Jake Irvin (1-4, 4.72 ERA) to the mound in opposition to Cincinnati’s Luke Weaver (1-2, 6.96 ERA).

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