Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals

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Philadelphia Phillies

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
7 - 3

Washington Nationals

0-1, 0-1 Home

Alec Bohm and JT Realmuto lift the Phillies to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Nationals

MacKenzie Gore sets new career-high with 13 strikeouts

Zack Wheeler went six innings for the Phillies, giving up two hits and one run — on Keibert Ruiz's homer in the fifth that put the Nationals ahead 1-0. Washington's MacKenzie Gore recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts and allowed one hit in six shutout innings.

In the seventh, Phillies sluggers Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber — both ex-Nationals — hit first-pitch homers off relievers to put Philadelphia up 2-1. The lead grew to 3-1 in the eighth before Washington tied it in the bottom half off Jordan Romano.

Jose Alvarado (1-0) pitched the ninth for the win. Matt Strahm threw the 10th.

Colin Poche (0-1) gave up Bohm's go-ahead double in the 10th. Eduardo Salazar allowed Realmuto's insurance hit.

Key Moment Harper heard boos at his former home ballpark — he was NL Rookie of the Year in 2012 and NL MVP in 2015 with Washington — during pregame introductions and whenever he stepped to the plate. After striking out in the first and fourth, he tied the game in the seventh by driving a 96 mph four-seam fastball from Lucas Sims 415 feet to straightaway center. Two batters later, Schwarber — dropped to fourth in the lineup, with Trea Turner moving up to the leadoff spot — connected off Jose A. Ferrer.

Key Stat Gore's 13 Ks were the most on opening day for a Nationals pitcher, one more than Max Scherzer had in 2019.

Up Next On Saturday, RHP Jake Irvin (10-14, 4.41 ERA in 2024) starts for Washington, while LHP Jesús Luzardo (3-6, 5.00 with Miami) makes his Phillies debut.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Abrams grounded out to second.
	10th Inning	Young struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Crews grounded out to shortstop.
	10th Inning	Strahm relieved Alvarado
	10th Inning	Castellanos grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Kepler out at second.
	10th Inning	Kepler walked.

Statistics

PHI		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	11
19	Strikeouts	13
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	3
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	9
1	Caught Stealing	1
193	Pitches	171
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	9
43	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
5.9	Runs Created	2.0
.216	Batting Average	.152
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.273
.432	Secondary Average	.273
.326	On Base Percentage	.243
.812	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.516
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
47.5	Batter Rating	25.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.75
4.49	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.62
.270	Isolated Power	.121
0.32	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.23
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.216	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.121
13.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
87.5	MLB Rating	70.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Nationals Park

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 41,231 | Capacity:

2025 National League East Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	-	1	W3	0.8333333	5
New York	1.5	3	W2	0.5714286	4
Miami	1.5	3	L1	0.5714286	4
Washington	4	5	L3	0.16666667	1
Atlanta	5.5	7	L7	0	0

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