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The Phillies will go with a right-handed heavy lineup in Sunday afternoon's series rubber match against the Nationals in the nation's capital (see game notes).And the reason for that is simple: lefty Gio Gonzalez opposes Phillies starter, Jerad Eickhoff Continue to Article

April 16, 2017 11:09:am EST

Dusty Baker on his Saturday lineup and the Nationals lineup for todays series finale with the Phillies...Dusty Baker rolled out a Sunday lineup (sorry for saying that, Chris Heisey, Michael A. Taylor and Jose Lobaton) on Saturday afternoon. He talked Continue to Article

April 16, 2017 10:43:am EST

Nationals skipper Dusty Baker talked after Saturdays loss about being prepared for a fight this season with everyone gunning for the defending NL East champs. Dusty Baker knows that as the defending NL East Champs, the Washington Nationals have a target on their backs from the start. Opposing teams are looking to take a crack at the Nationals, who won 95 games and their third division title in five years last season, so Baker said his team has got to be prepared for other teams to bring their A-game. Continue to Article

April 16, 2017 9:28:am EST

Cesar Hernandez became Philadelphia's first baserunner against Tanner Roark with a soft bunt single in the fourth inning. Hernandez had a much longer hit in the eighth that propelled the Phillies to a win. Hernandez's tiebreaking, two-run homer off Joe Blanton lifted Philadelphia over the Washington Nationals 4-2 Saturday to stop a four-game losing streak. Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 7:24:pm EST

Joe Blanton took the mound in the top of the eighth inning, after the Nationals rallied to tie it up at 2-2, and gave up a two-run home run that lifted the Phillies to victory. Before this afternoons 4-2 loss to Philadelphias Phillies, the Washington Nationals pitchers, as a group had allowed 11 home runs, nine of them given up by Nationals relievers. Joe Blanton was the victim today, giving up a two-run home run by Cesar Hernandez in the eighth inning that put the Phillies ahead for good. Continue to Article

April 15, 2017 5:43:pm EST