PHILADELPHIA — Johan Rojas lifted a fly ball into short right field and pleaded.
A half inning after misplaying a line drive hit to him in center field as the Phillies blew a three-run cushion in the top of the ninth, the glove-first outfielder had a chance to make up for his defensive blunder at the plate. Rojas faced Washington closer Kyle Finnegan with a runner on second and his teammate Alec Bohm standing 90 feet from home as the potential tying run at third.
Rojas battled in a two-strike count, then poked a 96 mph fastball 246 feet into right.