MacKenzie Gore pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 to avoid a series sweep.
MacKenzie Gore pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.Lane Thomas stole three bases and scored the go-ahead run as Washington stopped a three-game slide. Thomas, Joey Meneses and Ildemaro Vargas each had two hits.Gore allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings to defeat Philadelphia for the first time in six career outings against the Phillies.
Finnegan was aided by Jesse Winker’s leaping grab of Trea Turner’s liner to the left-field wall leading off the inning.Philadelphia starter Cristopher Sánchez departed a 2-2 game with two men on in the fifth, and Yunior Marte walked Meneses to load the bases. Riley Adams then hit a sacrifice fly to left to drive in Thomas.Sánchez yielded six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out one.Washington’s Luis García Jr.
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