Final Score (7 innings): Phillies 8, Nationals 1
WASHINGTON — This could have gone many different ways, but it was decided that Sunday’s Nationals-Phillies series finale would begin on time. After an hour or so of play without any raindrops, the warning track quickly became one giant puddle and the Nationals grounds crew scurried to apply drying agents on the infield.
Welcome to the dog days of October. It wasn’t quite Game 5 of the 2008 World Series, but the field was so bad that a foul ball became a double. The official scorer ruled the play “double due to the field conditions.