The Washington Nationals narrowly defeated the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday at Nationals Park with the Nationals coming out on top 8 to 7. You don’t often see such high scoring games, and anyone with Nationals tickets sure got their money’s worth. This high-scoring game saw the teams combine for a whopping 15 runs! Talk about excitement! Not much compares to America’s Pastime so stock up on cheap baseball tickets and see all the fun live.
Nationals pitcher Livan Hernandez (5.30 ERA) got the win, while Joe Blanton (4.11 ERA) took the loss for the Phillies. Livan Hernandez went 7.1 solid innings for the Nationals, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with one walk and 2 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Nationals was Sean Burnett (2.88), Zach Segovia (81.00), and Mike MacDougal (3.55). The Phillies’s starter Joe Blanton went 4.2 innings, allowed 7 hits, 2 home runs and 8 earned runs with 4 walks and 4 strikeouts. Tyler Walker (1.71), Chad Durbin (4.73), and Brad Lidge (6.97) also pitched for the Phillies. With the win, Hernandez’s record goes to 8-10, while Blanton is at 9-7. Ron Villone earned the save for the Nationals, bringing his saves up to 1.
Ian Desmond provided much of the offense for the Nationals with an incredible 4 runs batted in. In addition to the 8 runs, the Nationals scored 9 hits and committed one error. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Nationals, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. The Phillies’s Matt Stairs had quite a day at the plate, batting in a stunning 4 runs! The Phillies didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Phillies scored 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Dale Scott, Mike Estabrook, Jerry Meals and Ron Kulpa. There were 18,706 Nationals ticket holders in attendance at Nationals Park.
The win puts the Nationals at a record of 48-92, (32 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Phillies to 79-59, at the top of their division. Next up for the Nationals are the Florida Marlins (75-65) at the Marlins’s Dolphin Stadium. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Florida Marlins tickets because that game should be a good one. The Phillies will next take on the New York Mets (62-78) at Citizens Bank Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your New York Mets tickets today and see it all live.
And coming up soon don’t forget its time for NFL football, so stock up on NFL tickets to see all the fun. There are still tons of Cowboys tickets, Steelers tickets, Ravens tickets, Redskins tickets and Giants tickets left so get out there and see all the NFL action!