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Difo popped out to second baseman C.Hernández.

Rendon homered to left on a 1-2 count, Harper scored.

Homered to left on a 1-2 count, Harper scored.

Soto fouled out to third baseman A.Cabrera.

Popped out to second baseman C.Hernández.

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O.Herrera homered to right on a 2-2 count.

Alfaro homered to center on the first pitch, Kingery scored.

Homered to center on the first pitch, Kingery scored.

Wieters grounded out, first baseman C.Santana unassisted, Rendon scored, Zimmerman to third.

Grounded out, first baseman C.Santana unassisted, Rendon scored, Zimmerman to third.

On first baseman C.Santana's throwing error, Zimmerman scored.

Zimmerman stole third. On throwing error by catcher Alfaro, Zimmerman scored.

W.Ramos doubled to right, N.Williams scored.

Phillies fourth.  A.Cabrera popped out to third baseman Rendon.  O.Herrera homered to right on a 2-2 count.  C.Santana flied out to center fielder Harper.  N.Williams struck out.

Phillies fifth.  Kingery hit an infield single to second.  Alfaro homered to center on the first pitch, Kingery scored.  Nola struck out.  C.Hernández struck out.  Hoskins flied out to center fielder Harper.

Nationals seventh.  Rendon singled to center.  Soto struck out.  Zimmerman doubled to right, Rendon to third.  Wieters grounded out, first baseman C.Santana unassisted, Rendon scored, Zimmerman to third.  On first baseman C.Santana's throwing error, Zimmerman scored.  Difo flied out to center fielder O.Herrera.

Nationals ninth.  Quinn in as left fielder.  Harper walked on a full count.  Neshek pitching.  Rendon homered to left on a 1-2 count, Harper scored.  Soto fouled out to third baseman A.Cabrera.  Zimmerman doubled to right.  Neris pitching.  Zimmerman stole third. On throwing error by catcher Alfaro, Zimmerman scored.  Wieters struck out.  Difo popped out to second baseman C.Hernández.

Phillies ninth.  J.Miller pitching.  Taylor in as center fielder.  C.Santana grounded out, second baseman Difo to first baseman Zimmerman.  N.Williams doubled to left.  W.Ramos pinch-hitting for Kingery.  W.Ramos doubled to right, N.Williams scored.  Velasquez pinch-running for W.Ramos.  G.Holland pitching.  Alfaro flied into a double play, center fielder Taylor to shortstop Turner to second baseman Difo, Velasquez out.

Washington and Philadelphia have played 13 games in 2018, with the Phillies holding a 7-6 advantage, Nine of the games haven taken place in Washington, with the Nats going 5-4 against the Phillies at home. Philadelphia has defended home turf well thus far, going 3-1, with all three victories by one run.

The Phillies avoided a sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays by winning Sunday's game 8-3. It was only the team's second win in its last 10 games. Since the All-Star Break, Philadelphia has gone 6-12 (.333) on its travels.

The Nationals beat the Mets, 15-0, in yesterday's series finale thanks to eight runs in the eighth inning followed by six in the ninth inning. Washington is the second team in 2018 to score at least 15 runs in a game while shutting out its opponent, joining Oakland, who beat Kansas City, 16-0, on June 1.

Wilson Ramos has helped the Phillies to a 1.089 OPS from their catchers since making his debut on August 15, the highest mark in MLB over that span. Prior to his debut, Philadelphia's combined catcher OPS was .691.

Stephen Strasburg will make his 200th career start tonight -- with 1394 strikeouts through 199 starts, Strasburg is likely to rank second among active pitchers (Sale -- 1,628) for most strikeouts through 200 starts and will likely rank seventh in the Live-Ball Era (sixth place -- Sam McDowell -- 1409).

Zach Eflin has decreased ERA from 6.16 in 2017 to 3.93 this season. Among NL pitchers to make at least 10 starts in both 2017 and 2018, this ranks as the largest ERA decrease.

HP - Holbrook, 1B - Segal, 2B - Marquez, 3B - Wolf

Two Cy Young Award frontrunners will meet for the second time in less than a week Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
Aaron Nola will square off against Max Scherzer as the Philadelphia Phillies host the Washington Nationals in the second contest of a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park.

Two aces on deck in Nationals-Phillies matchup

PHILADELPHIA (AP)  Vince Velasquez was aggressive at the wrong time.
Velasquez, a pinch-running pitcher, was called out for leaving second base early while tagging up, resulting in a game-ending double play that gave the Washington Nationals a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday.

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Washington Nationals @ Philadelphia Phillies on August 28, 2018

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