Jesús Luzardo entered the seventh inning at Nationals Park on Monday having allowed just one run and three hits — none of which came with a runner on base. The left-hander, who struggled out of the stretch for a period of time this summer, had recently turned a corner in such situations. He appeared to have continued that against the Nationals.
But in the Phillies’ eventual 3-2 loss to Washington on Monday, Luzardo couldn’t escape the seventh inning, being removed from the ballgame with the bases loaded and nobody out.
Luzardo walked Paul DeJong to begin the bottom of the seventh.