It appears as if the Phillies have figured out the Nationals. After sweeping Washington just more than a week ago, the Phillies stormed back from a five-run deficit and eventually topped the Nationals in extras last night.
The Phillies would not need a comeback or extra innings on Saturday afternoon, however, as they rode a dominant A.J. Burnett to a 3-1 win to take their fifth straight game against the Nationals.
The Phillies would not need a comeback or extra innings on Saturday afternoon, however, as they rode a dominant A.J. Burnett to a 3-1 win to take their fifth straight game against the Nationals.
Burnett would help his own cause in the third, singling with one out and eventually coming home on a two-run single by Ryan Howard to break a scoreless tie.
The Nationals would do their only offensive damage of the game in the fifth, scoring a run on an Anthony Rendon sacrifice fly, but the Phillies would take that run right back on a Domonic Brown home run in the sixth.
Burnett would last seven innings in all, allowing just one run on six hits before turning things over to the bullpen in the Phillies' 3-1 win.
By: Kyle Babcock
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat
The Nationals would do their only offensive damage of the game in the fifth, scoring a run on an Anthony Rendon sacrifice fly, but the Phillies would take that run right back on a Domonic Brown home run in the sixth.
Burnett would last seven innings in all, allowing just one run on six hits before turning things over to the bullpen in the Phillies' 3-1 win.
By: Kyle Babcock
Follow us on Twitter: @BroadStBeat
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