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“You can’t sweep the series if you don’t win the first one!” Phillies 4, Nationals 2

Jerad Eickhoff on the mound tonight.

No Scherzer, no Rendon, no Turner, no Strasburg, (hopefully) no Soto.

*The sound of brooms echoes in the distance*— Alex Carr (@AlexCarrMLB) May 3, 2019

The Phillies managed to take the early series lead over the Nationals thanks to the late-charged offense, as well as some excellent pitching.

Jerad Eickhoff took on ex-Phillie Jeremy Hellickson to start this one, and both managed to put in solid work, dominating the respective offenses they faced.

The Offense:

The Phillies got to work early on a hot-shot home run by none other than offensive catalyst, Jean Segura, who is now hitting an impressive .