August 30, 2021 – Phillies 7, Nats 4

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Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 6 mph, out to RF

Umpires: HP--Barry, 1B--Iassogna, 2B--Bacon, 3B--Rehak.

Time: 3:37

Attendance - 17,353

 

Trois étoiles:

#3 – First baseman Brad Miller, with two walks and three hits, including a 5^th inning solo HR.

#2 – The Phillies bullpen (!). The combo of Connor Brogden, Archie Bradley, and Jose Alvarado protected the visitors’ lead through the final three innings, despite allowing multiple baserunners in the 8^th and 9^th.

#1 – Bryce Harper, who ignited the Philadelphia offense with a two-run homer in the first, and singled to start their 3-run rally an inning later. (Boo that, haters!)

 

The heavily-hyped debut of the Nats’ “battery of the future” turned out to be a dud. Catcher Keibert Ruiz, making his Washington debut, did manage an 8^th-inning single in his fourth AB, but fellow ex-Dodger Josiah Gray, who had been effective in his previous Nats starts, lasted only four innings, giving up three-spots in the first and third. That proved too much for the home team to overcome, allowing Phillies ace Zack Wheeler to get the W despite giving up 4 runs in 6 innings.