Washington’s home finale had an announced attendance of 32,779, although the actual crowd was much sparser. “I don’t think the numbers, obviously, were great,” Corbin said after the Nationals’ 104th loss of the season, the most since the franchise moved to Washington from Montreal in 2005. Patrick Corbin, who helped Washington win the 2019 World Series, gave up seven runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings Sunday, closing the year at 6-19 with a 6.31 ERA. “We went through a little down drop right there. “Everybody’s started swinging a little bit,” Wheeler said. Stott delivered an RBI groundout in the second inning and a two-run double in the fourth, while Schwarber - who homered twice Saturday to take his NL-leading total to 44 - added a three-run single in the fifth. “He’s exactly what we needed him to be this time of year,” Realmuto said, “so it’s definitely a morale boost for the team.” Since returning after a month on the injured list with right forearm tendinitis, Wheeler has given up one run and nine hits in 15 innings across three starts. The righty had seven strikeouts and no walks and allowed just two hits. Windy, cold and definitely wet,” said Wheeler, who kept a rosin bag in a back pocket to dry his pitching hand. “Guys were complaining they couldn’t see very well.”Īfter a wait of nearly 1 1/2 hours, the game was called. It really was bad,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. Washington Nationals starting pitcher Patrick Corbin throws the ball to a Philadelphia Phillies batter during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Oct.
That helped Washington get a run in the sixth when that inning ended, the tarp was pulled out. One Nationals hitter ended up with a double when Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins fell and couldn’t make a play on what normally would have been a routine bouncer. They watched players slip on the slick edge where the muddy infield met the grass or navigate puddles - pools, really - along the warning track. “We’ve got to get it done.”įans opened umbrellas during a downpour that began in the third inning, and bundled up against a temperature in the 50s. “Relying on other people isn’t really a plan,” Thomson said about the notion that a loss by the Brewers would get his team into the playoffs. The Phillies hold the tiebreaker over the Brewers if they finish with identical records. Starting Monday, Philadelphia heads to Houston, and Milwaukee hosts Arizona. Kyle Schwarber and Bryson Stott provided three RBIs apiece for Philadelphia, and Zack Wheeler (12-7) threw five scoreless innings. Combine Sunday’s victory with a 4-3 loss by the Brewers (84-75) against the Miami Marlins in 12 innings, and the Phillies hold a two-game lead for the third NL wild-card berth with three games left. Philadelphia and interim manager Rob Thomson took three of four from the worst-in-the-majors Nationals to improve to 86-73 after getting to town on a five-game losing streak. Washington Nationals grounds crew removes water from a tarp before a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals, Sunday, Oct.
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