A painless win to settle the humours
The Philadelphia Phillies (17-13) extended the win streak to a season-best four games and a second consecutive series victory with their 7-2 win over the Washington Nationals (13-18) on Wednesday night.
After a scoreless top of the first inning, the offense wasted little time staking a comfortable lead for Sanchez against Nats’ righty, Jake Irvin. Bryson Stott led off with a single to right that was followed by a four-pitch walk to Trea Turner. Bryce Harper flied out before Kyle Schwarber sent an 0-2 curveball to the second-level scoreboard in right field for a three-run lead.
Kyle Schwarber only needs one hand to crush baseballs pic.twitter.com/X3FAUSjlJ1
— MLB (@MLB) April 30, 2025
Sanchez hit a pocket of turbulence in the third, issuing a walk to Jacob Young and hitting CJ Abrams to start the inning but limited the damage with a double-play grounder hit by Amed Rosario to Trea Turner. After another walk to James Wood, Nathaniel Lowe doubled to left to score Young and get the Nats on the board.
Stott got the run back in the bottom of the fourth inning with an RBI single that scored JT Realmuto. With two hits on the evening, Stott is slashing .311/.368/.459 since he took over fulltime leadoff duties on April 10th in St. Louis.
Stott stays hot!@Toyota x #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/n7OFaCdkZ4
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 30, 2025
Young and Abrams reached on singles on back to back pitches to start the fifth inning and Rosario grounded into an RBI fielders choice to halve the deficit. Sanchez got two swinging strikeouts to finish the inning and his night, allowing just the two runs on five hits, three walks and six strikeouts.
Cristopher Sánchez’s 3Ks in the 2nd. pic.twitter.com/ynLOdh5EsI
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 30, 2025
Harper led off the bottom of the fifth with a first-pitch double to right, moved to third on a ground out by Schwarber, and came home on a single by Nick Castellanos.
Another run, thank you! pic.twitter.com/UHp3PtnqSv
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) May 1, 2025
Jose Ruiz and Tanner Banks combined for nine straight outs across the sixth to eight innings on the power of six K’s (two for Ruiz, four for Banks).
Max Kepler and Realmuto added some insurance runs with solo homers in the sixth and eighth innings.
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Max Kepler hits a solo shot (3) to give the Phillies a 6-2 lead.— MLB Updates (@MLBNews1234) May 1, 2025
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JT Realmuto hits a solo shot (2) to give the Phillies a 7-2 lead.— MLB Updates (@MLBNews1234) May 1, 2025
Carlos Hernandez closed it out with a drama-free 1-2-3 ninth to seal the deal.
Taijuan Walker goes up against Brad Lord for the sweep tomorrow night.