Washington’s Nationals fielded a makeshift lineup and managed to keep it close through five and a half, but the Philadelphia Phillies blew it wide open with a five-run sixth inning and took the series finale and 2 of 3 in the series with a 7-1 win in Citizens Bank Park.
Sánchez vs the Phillies: Aníbal Sánchez made his first two starts of 2019 against the Phillies, giving up 11 hits, six walks, and seven earned runs in 9 2⁄3 IP in those outings (6.52 ERA), and the veteran right-hander was winless in six starts on the season before going up against the Nationals’ NL East rivals for the third time in the finale of the three-game set in Citizens Bank Park this afternoon.