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In front of a crowd of 36,631 at Nationals Park on a cloudy 68 degree Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital, the host Washington Nationals (6-7) beat the Phillies (4-9) by a score of 4-1, taking 3 of the 4 series games and moving themselves within a game of the .500 mark.
Big, hard-throwing righthander Stephen Strasburg was dominating for the Nats in evening his record at 1-1 on the young season. He lasted 7.1 innings before being removed having thrown 95 high-quality pitches, 73 for strikes.