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Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals

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Philadelphia Phillies
94-67, 40-40 Away
Final
3 - 6
Washington Nationals
71-90, 38-42 Home

Dodgers clinch home-field advantage throughout postseason as Phillies lose to Nationals 6-3

Los Angeles and Philadelphia open the Division Series on Oct. 5 against teams that emerge from next week's Wild Card Series.

“We haven't played necessarily the best in the last week or so but once that postseason starts, all that's behind you and it's about competing in that moment, and I think we're ready for it,” said the Phillies' Trea Turner, who tied the score 2-2 with a two-out homer in the eighth against Jose A. Ferrer (1-0).

James Wood hit a two-run, opposite-field homer in the sixth off Zack Wheeler, who finished 16-7 with a 2.57 ERA after allowing three hits in 6 1/3 innings while tying his season high with 11 strikeouts. Wheeler struck out 224 in 200 innings.

“That’s Cy Young working for me,” Philadelphia manager Rob Thompson said, hopeful Wheeler could win the award.

Wheeler pitched six or more innings and allowed two earned runs or less in each of his last 11 starts.

“The goal these days is to come in and get 200 innings, 200 strikeouts and get some wins,” Wheeler said. “Just try to help the team the best I can. I feel like if I'm doing that then I'm helping the team.”

Washington matched its 2023 total of 71 wins.

Wood tripled leading off the bottom half against Jeff Hoffman (3-3) and scored on Keibert Ruiz's bloop single. Dylan Crews singled with two outs and Gallo followed with his 10th homer, a drive down the right-field line.

Both benches and bullpens emptied after Bryce Harper struck out ending the eighth and appeared to be yelling with a member of the Nationals as they left the field. Harper had argued with Ruiz during the at-bat, apparently over pitch framing by Washington's catcher.

“I think he's a very competitive guy and he showed his emotions right there,” Ruiz said. “He tried to talk to me, like ‘Hey, throw the ball back. You’ve been trying to move the ball. I didn't see that good. He's got to do his job. I've got to do my job. He don't have to talk to me like that.”

Alec Bohm hit an RBI grounder in the ninth.

MacKenzie Gore gave up three hits in six innings and struck out nine — including Kyle Schwarber, Turner and Harper in his final inning this season. Over his last seven starts the 24-year-old Gore went 3-1 and lowered his ERA from 4.66 to 3.90.

"Here’s a guy who can win 18, 20 games for us,” manager Dave Martinez said. “When he’s in the strike zone, he’s really good. Today, he proved that.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Phillies: OF Austin Hays (sore back) was not in the lineup and was being examined in Washington. … OF Johan Rojas (illness) remains in Philadelphia, though he could join the team on Sunday.

UP NEXT

Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (13-8, 3.52 ERA), 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in three starts against Washington this season, opposes RHP Jake Irvin (10-13, 4.22 ERA) in Sunday’s regular-season finale.

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Matchup Prediction

Nationals: 34.3%
Phillies: 65.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Stott grounded out to first.
9th Inning Realmuto struck out swinging.
9th Inning Bohm grounded out to shortstop, Castellanos scored.
9th Inning Castellanos tripled to center.
9th Inning Finnegan relieved Ferrer
8th Inning Young grounded out to second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
8 Ground Balls 6
12 Strikeouts 14
3 Runs Batted In 6
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
5 Hits 9
0 Stolen Bases 2
2 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 6
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 32
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
10 Runners Left On Base 10
1 Triples 1
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 0
11 Fly Balls 12
0 Caught Stealing 0
150 Pitches 141
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
10 Total Bases 17
34 Plate Appearances 35
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
2 Extra Base Hits 3
2.3 Runs Created 5.8
.161 Batting Average .281
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.323 Slugging Percentage .531
.226 Secondary Average .406
.235 On Base Percentage .343
.558 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .874
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
2.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.5
22.5 Batter Rating 43.5
31.0 At Bats Per Home Run 16.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.41 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.03
.161 Isolated Power .250
0.17 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.21
.059 Walks Per Plate Appearance .086
.065 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .125
6.0 Runs Produced 12.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.4
71.3 MLB Rating 89.0
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: 38,135 | Capacity:

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 95 67 .586 - W1
Atlanta 89 73 .549 6 W1
New York 89 73 .549 6 L1
Washington 71 91 .438 24 L1
Miami 62 100 .383 33 W4
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