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05/01 20:48 CDT Lord earns 1st MLB win as Nationals beat Phillies 4-2 to
prevent sweep
Lord earns 1st MLB win as Nationals beat Phillies 4-2 to prevent sweep
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Luis Garcia Jr. singled, doubled and drove in a run, Brad
Lord pitched effectively into the sixth inning for his first major league win
and the Washington Nationals avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-2 victory over
the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.
Nathaniel Lowe also drove in a run for Washington, which had lost three in a
row overall.
Lord (1-3) allowed two runs and six hits in five-plus innings. The rookie
right-hander struck out four and walked one.
Jose A. Ferrer fanned three in two scoreless innings of relief, and Kyle
Finnegan got three outs for his 10th save.
Trea Turner had three hits for Philadelphia, which had won four straight.
Alec Bohm's RBI single in the fifth put the Phillies in front 1-0 before the
Nationals scored all their runs in the sixth off Taijuan Walker (1-3) with some
help from the Phillies.
Lowe's RBI single tied it at 1, and the Nationals went in front when Bryce
Harper couldn't field Keibert Ruiz's hard-hit grounder at first base. Lowe
scored on the error, and Ruiz reached third. Garcia's single plated Ruiz, and
the Nationals tallied their final run on a double steal, with Garcia scoring
from third and Dylan Crews going from first to second.
Key moment Walker cruised through five scoreless innings, allowing one hit, before an adventurous sixth. After a leadoff double by CJ Abrams, James Wood hit a hard liner off Walker's leg. Walker stayed in the game but wasn't as effective from that point forward. He didn't make it through the inning, though only one of the four runs the Nationals scored against him was earned.
Key stat Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber has reached base safely in 37 consecutive games after extending his streak with an eighth-inning walk.
Up next Nationals: Open a three-game series at Cincinnati on Friday night. Washington LHP Mitchell Parker (3-1, 2.65 ERA) opposes Reds RHP Hunter Greene (3-2, 2.70). Phillies: Begin a three-game series against Arizona on Friday night. Philadelphia LHP Jess Luzardo (3-0, 1.73 ERA) faces Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly (3-1, 4.41). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Key moment Walker cruised through five scoreless innings, allowing one hit, before an adventurous sixth. After a leadoff double by CJ Abrams, James Wood hit a hard liner off Walker's leg. Walker stayed in the game but wasn't as effective from that point forward. He didn't make it through the inning, though only one of the four runs the Nationals scored against him was earned.
Key stat Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber has reached base safely in 37 consecutive games after extending his streak with an eighth-inning walk.
Up next Nationals: Open a three-game series at Cincinnati on Friday night. Washington LHP Mitchell Parker (3-1, 2.65 ERA) opposes Reds RHP Hunter Greene (3-2, 2.70). Phillies: Begin a three-game series against Arizona on Friday night. Philadelphia LHP Jess Luzardo (3-0, 1.73 ERA) faces Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly (3-1, 4.41). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
