Final Score: Nationals 13, Phillies 4
Phillies starter Kyle Gibson got the first two outs in the second. Then the next five batters crossed the plate and all of a sudden, the Phillies were down five runs to the worst team in baseball.
It got much worse than that.
It was a clunker. The Nationals snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Phillies with a 13-run outburst in game one of a scheduled doubleheader.
Good thing the Phillies have only a couple hours to flush this performance down the toilet. That’s if the rainfall doesn’t wash out the nightcap for a second night in a row.