Brad Lord served five concrete innings to win his first career as Washington’s citizens on Thursday avoided a three-game sweep against Philadelphia Philips with a win 4–2.
A 25-year-old Ruki, Lord (1-3) allowed two runs and six hits with a walk and four strikes. Jose Ferler logged in two innings of relief in the ninth in the eighth before giving the way to George Lopez and Kyle Finnegan.
Luis Garcia Junior had two hits and one RBI and also stole homes for National. Train Turner (3 -for -4) led the aggressive attack of Philadelphia, while Nick Castylonos stuck in two hits for Philips, who won their last four matches.
Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead in the fifth innings at Alex Bohm’s single, but Washington responded with four runs against Taizuan Walker (1-3) in the upcoming frame.
CJ Abrams led a double and later scored two batsmen on Nathanial Low’s base hit. Keebert Ruiz then gave a smack to one first, but Bryas Harper could not handle it, causing a three-base error that made it 2–1.
Garcia expanded a 3–1 lead with a single. Shortly thereafter, the National had a runner first and third place when the team made a double theft on the Reluver Orion Kairing, which allowed Garcia to score the house for the fourth run of the innings.
At the bottom of the frame, Castylonos’s infield scored a run for the Philos, but Ferler hit Max Capler and Bohm to escape the jam with two runners.
Philadelphia again threatened with two runners against Lopez in the eighth, but Castalonos bounced a double play to eliminate the frame.
Finnegan allowed Johanas to two-triple in the ninth, but immediately retired the retired Rafale march on a liner to snap the three-game slide of Washington. This was his 10th service of the season.
Walker was accused of four runs (one earned) and four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He went three and hit two.
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