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Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats salvage finale with Phillies; Keibert Ruiz is going up...

After his club dropped three straight to the Phillies in Citizens Bank Park and four in a row overall, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez had a simple message for all of his hitters going into Sunday’s series finale in the City of Brotherly Love.

“For us, we really have to get the ball up today, in the zone, and not chase,” the seventh-year manager told reporters. “That’s the big thing, you know, we can’t chase today.

“When we do that, we hit the ball really well. The key is to kind of get the ball up today, and get the ball in the zone, and stay, like I say, try to drive the ball in the middle of the field.