The Phillies suffered their first loss of the season Sunday in the finale of their opening series in Washington. Aaron Nola surrendered two home runs and the Phillies offense couldn’t solve Nats starter Mitchell Parker and went 0-9 with runners in scoring position in the 5-1 loss.
Nola started the afternoon strong, retiring the first six hitters he faced before allowing a single in the third to Paul DeJong. Entering the fourth inning, Nola had allowed one hit with no walks and struck out five Nats hitters. He got the first two outs quickly in the fourth before hitting Keibert Ruiz in the foot with an errant pitch to give Washington a two-out baserunner.