The Philadelphia Phillies narrowly defeated the Washington Nationals yesterday at Nationals Park with the Phillies coming out on top 6 to 5. It was a solid match that aficionados with Phillies tickets won’t soon forget.
Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee (3.13 ERA) got the win, while Tyler Clippard (3.16 ERA) took the loss for the Nationals. Cliff Lee went 7 solid innings for the Phillies, allowed 10 hits, no home runs and 4 earned runs with no walks and 4 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Phillies was Chan Ho Park (4.54). The Nationals’s starter Garrett Mock went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and 4 earned runs with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. Jason Bergmann (5.18), Sean Burnett (2.91), and Mike MacDougal (3.35) also pitched for the Nationals. With the win, Lee’s record goes to 13-11, while Clippard is at 2-2. Ryan Madson earned the save for the Phillies, bringing his saves up to 6.
In addition to the 6 runs, the Phillies scored 11 hits and committed one error. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Phillies, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Chase Utley had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. Alberto Gonzalez and Justin Maxwell tied for most hits for the Nationals with 3, followed by Adam Dunn with 2 hits. The Nationals scored 5 runs, 11 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Ron Kulpa, Dale Scott, Mike Estabrook and Jerry Meals. There were 16,818 Nationals ticket holders in attendance at Nationals Park.
The win puts the Phillies at a record of 79-58, at the top of their division, while the loss brings the Nationals to 47-92, (33 games behind the division leader). Next up for the Phillies are the New York Mets (62-77) at the Phillies’s Citizens Bank Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for New York Mets tickets because that game should be a good one. The Nationals will next take on the Florida Marlins (74-65) at Dolphin Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Florida Marlins tickets today and see it all live.