Washington Nationals’ Brad Lord pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Washington Nationals pitcher Kyle Finnegan, right, and catcher Keibert Ruiz celebrate after the Nationals won a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Washington Nationals’ Keibert Ruiz runs to first after batting in a run on a fielding error by Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Washington Nationals’ Nathaniel Lowe, right, scores past Philadelphia Phillies catcher Rafael Marchán after a fielding error by first baseman Bryce Harper on a batted ball by Keibert Ruiz during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Washington Nationals’ Keibert Ruiz, right, reacts past Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm after batting in a run on a fielding error by first baseman Bryce Harper during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Washington Nationals pitcher Jose A. Ferrer fields a run-scoring single by Philadelphia Phillies’ Nick Castellanos during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies’ Nick Castellanos hits a run-scoring single against Washington Nationals pitcher Jose A. Ferrer during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies’ Taijuan Walker pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm hits a run-scoring single against Washington Nationals pitcher Brad Lord during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Lord earns 1st MLB win as Nationals beat Phillies 4-2 to prevent sweep
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Luis Garcia Jr. singled, doubled and drove in a run, Brad Lord pitched effectively into the sixth inning for his first major league win and the Washington Nationals avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.
Washington Nationals’ Brad Lord pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Luis Garcia Jr. singled, doubled and drove in a run, Brad Lord pitched effectively into the sixth inning for his first major league win and the Washington Nationals avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night.
Nathaniel Lowe also drove in a run for Washington, which had lost three in a row overall.
Lord (1-3) allowed two runs and six hits in five-plus innings. The rookie right-hander struck out four and walked one.
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Jose A. Ferrer fanned three in two scoreless innings of relief, and Kyle Finnegan got three outs for his 10th save.
Trea Turner had three hits for Philadelphia, which had won four straight.
Alec Bohm’s RBI single in the fifth put the Phillies in front 1-0 before the Nationals scored all their runs in the sixth off Taijuan Walker (1-3) with some help from the Phillies.
Lowe’s RBI single tied it at 1, and the Nationals went in front when Bryce Harper couldn’t field Keibert Ruiz’s hard-hit grounder at first base. Lowe scored on the error, and Ruiz reached third. Garcia’s single plated Ruiz, and the Nationals tallied their final run on a double steal, with Garcia scoring from third and Dylan Crews going from first to second.
Key moment
Walker cruised through five scoreless innings, allowing one hit, before an adventurous sixth. After a leadoff double by CJ Abrams, James Wood hit a hard liner off Walker’s leg. Walker stayed in the game but wasn’t as effective from that point forward. He didn’t make it through the inning, though only one of the four runs the Nationals scored against him was earned.
Key stat
Philadelphia slugger Kyle Schwarber has reached base safely in 37 consecutive games after extending his streak with an eighth-inning walk.
Up next
Nationals: Open a three-game series at Cincinnati on Friday night. Washington LHP Mitchell Parker (3-1, 2.65 ERA) opposes Reds RHP Hunter Greene (3-2, 2.70).
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Phillies: Begin a three-game series against Arizona on Friday night. Philadelphia LHP Jesús Luzardo (3-0, 1.73 ERA) faces Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly (3-1, 4.41).
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