Cristopher Sanchez made his best in a string of solid starts out of the No. 5 spot for the Phillies but the offense fell flat Friday night in a 2-1 loss to the visiting Nationals. NBCSPhilly's CSeidmanNBCS has the game recap.
The Nats scored both of their runs in the second inning when Stone Garrett homered after a Trea Turner throwing error. The Phillies answered with an RBI single from Alec Bohm in the bottom half but came up short in their many opportunities with runners in scoring position the rest of the night.
They squandered a prime opportunity in the bottom of the sixth when Turner and Nick Castellanos singled and Turner stole third to put runners on the corners with nobody out. Bryce Harper popped out weakly to third base, J.T. Realmuto popped out weakly to second base and Bryson Stott struck out to end the inning without a run.
Harper and Realmuto are both stuck in ruts. Harper hasn't homered in 131 plate appearances, the longest drought of his career. Realmuto, who has alternated between red-hot and ice-cold all season, is 2-for-25 with nine strikeouts and no RBI in his last seven games, with most of those at-bats involving chases and weak contact. Because he doesn't walk, Realmuto's skids look a lot worse than Harper's.
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