Trea Turner hit two house runs in an eight-run eighth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies went deep 5 instances on Saturday, rallying for a 12-3 win over the Washington Nationals.

Nick Castellanos, Jake Cave and Bryson Stott additionally homered for Philadelphia, which started the day two video games forward of San Francisco within the race for the highest wild-card spot within the National League. The Phillies had misplaced 4 of 5.

Riley Adams drove in two runs for Washington, which had gained six of its final seven total and 15 of 18 at house since July 8.

Turner, a former member of the Nationals, led off the eighth inning by sending Cory Abbott’s 93-mph fastball into the seats in left. Abbott (1-2), who was pitching for the primary time since Aug. 11, allowed seven extra runs, together with a three-run homer by Stott that preceded Turner’ second house run within the inning.

Cave led off the ninth with a house run to proper off infielder Ildemaro Vargas, who pitched for the second time this season.

The Phillies tied it at 3 on Castellanos’ three-run homer off Andrés Machado within the seventh.

Seranthony Domínguez (3-3) pitched a scoreless seventh and earned the win. He allowed three runs, two earned, in six innings whereas placing out 5.

Philadelphia designated hitter Bryce Harper was booed prior to every of his plate appearances, a ritual that has been customary since he signed with the Phillies in 2019 after spending the primary seven seasons of his profession in Washington. Harper was 1 for two, walked twice and was twice hit by a pitch.

Washington starter Jake Irvin threw six shutout innings and struck out seven. It appeared he wouldn't make it out of the sixth when the Phillies loaded the bases with three singles and supervisor Dave Martinez got here to the mound. But Martinez didn’t make a pitching change and Irvin struck out Cave on three pitches to flee the jam.

The Nationals scored twice within the fourth in opposition to Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez. Joey Meneses had an RBI single and Adams added a run-scoring double to left that caromed off the wall in foul territory and allowed one other run to attain.

Meneses, who reached on Turner’s throwing error within the sixth, scored on Adams’ two-out single to left.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Phillies: Placed LHP Ranger Suárez (proper hamstring pressure) on the 15-day injured record (retroactive to Wednesday) and recalled RHP Andrew Bellatti from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. … Manager Rob Thomson stated OF Brandon Marsh (left knee) will rejoin the crew from a rehabilitation task Sunday. … Thomson stated he anticipates LHP José Alvarado (elbow) can be activated Monday. … RHP Taijuan Walker threw a 25-pitch bullpen session and is on observe to start out Tuesday in opposition to San Francisco.

Nationals: RHP Tanner Rainey (Tommy John surgical procedure) allowed two runs whereas recording two outs in a rehabilitation look Friday for Class A Fredericksburg.

UP NEXT

Phillies: RHP Zack Wheeler (9-5, 3.63 ERA), who's 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA in six begins for the reason that All-Star break, begins the collection finale within the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Nationals: RHP Trevor Williams (5-7, 5.20) is 0-2 with an 11.08 ERA and 7 house runs allowed in 13 innings over his final three begins.

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