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Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats give up 5 HRs, lose 11-3, drop 2 of 3 to Phillies

JT Realmuto hit a 90 MPH 2-2 fastball low and away out to right for a 397-foot opposite field homer off Nationals’ starter Trevor Williams on Sunday afternoon, giving his Phillies an early 1-0 lead in the finale of Philadelphia’s three-game set in Washington, D.C., which the visiting team went on to win, 11-3.

It was 1-1 in the fifth, when Williams threw an 89 MPH 2-2 fastball up in the zone inside to the Phillies’ rookie third baseman, Drew Ellis, who hit his first home run of the season, (and 1st of 2 on the day), 398 ft.