The Phillies wanted this doubleheader.
They needed this doubleheader.
Badly.
They didn’t get this doubleheader.
Game one: Nationals 5, Phillies 1
When your game begins like this:
you know the game is doomed from the start.
It’s not exactly fair to blame Mickey Moniak for the game. That ball, even though it was hit hard, has to absolutely be caught. And of course, as this wonky game is wont to do, that error that put Juan Soto on second, would come around to score later, making it 1-0 against Aaron Nola.