Final score: Phillies 7, Nationals 4
It may not be sustainable, but the Philadelphia Phillies have found a recipe.
They scored seven runs — no more, no fewer — on Monday for the fifth consecutive game. It’s the second-longest streak of exactly seven runs in Major League history. More importantly, it gave the Phillies their fourth win in five games, putting them three over the .500 mark.
It’s intuitive: Score a lot of runs, win a lot of games. The Phillies will need to do each of those things many times over the last month of the season to break into the playoff mix.