Nationals rout Phillies in Game 1 of a doubleheader; wild-card battle with the Brewers falls back into a tie
A September slide bled into the first day of October, as the Phillies got trounced, 13-4, by the Washington Nationals in the opener of a doubleheader. And while the teams waited again to see if rain would postpone the nightcap, the Phillies fell back into a tie with the Milwaukee Brewers for the last National League wild card.
“Usually he’s going to make that play,” Thomson said. “He just got a bad read off a changeup, hook ball. He just got a late break on it. He should’ve knocked it down if he could.” Gibson stayed in the game for six innings, and at the time, it was fair to wonder why. But he did retire seven consecutive batters between Voit’s homer in the second inning and Meneses’ in the fifth. And given the doubleheader and the uncertainty over the weather, Thomson said he was being careful not to burn through the bullpen.The Phillies’ J.T.
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