Harper would single to right to move Turner to third, then moved to second when he saw the right fielder Alex Call taking his time getting to the ball, which allowed Turner to score and make it 8-0. Harper would move to third on a ground ball by Bohm, then score on a Castellanos single that made the damage in the inning a five spot and give the Phillies a 9-0 lead. They’d load the bases when J.T. Realmuto hit a ball that the third basemen booted, then Wilson hit a 70 foot single for his second hit of the night, but no more runs would score.
The Nationals would get on the board thanks to a Keibert Ruiz home run in the fifth inning and a fielder’s choice hit by James Wood in the sixth inning, but that’s all Wheeler would allow before his night was concluded. Orion Kerkering gave up another home run in the seventh inning that gave the Nationals their third and final run, but the Phillies were not done scoring.
You may have noticed that Weston Wilson had a triple and single thus far in the game. In the bottom of the seventh, he homered to right to make it 10-3 and he had two of the hardest parts of the cycle out of the way.
All he needed was a double to complete the 10th cycle in team history and he’d get his chance in the eighth inning. Facing Orlando Ribalta in the inning, he’d connect and make team history.
It’s probably the best game Wilson will ever have in his career and it came at the right time. The Phillies would tack on another in the inning to make it 13-3, but this game belonged to Wilson. He’s been pretty good each time he’s been called upon, which makes you wonder about how much playing time he’ll get in the future.
It’s a good start to a long weekend of baseball.
Maybe it was the team meeting.
Maybe it’s the opponents they are playing.
Whatever it may be, the Phillies came out and played a near complete game tonight - hitting the ball well, running the bases well, pitching well. It was a pleasure to watch the entire team play the game well.
In the end, it was one player who played perhaps the best game he’ll ever play in his career that gave the Phillies a big win over Washington to begin a big weekend for them.
The first inning saw the offense get going early. Alec Bohm followed singles by Trea Turner and Bryce Harper with a home run to left field that opened the scoring for Philadelphia.
Feeling slightly left out, Nick Castellanos came up after this blast by hitting one of his own and making it a 4-0 lead in the first inning.
After that, Zack Wheeler, who didn’t exactly have the best recent run against the Nationals, started merely toying with them on the mound. It wasn’t a dominant Wheeler start like we’re used to seeing against teams like this, but it was just a run of the mill excellent start by him. In the fourth, the offense saw that he needed some more support on the mound, so they decided that was the time to give it to him. It started with a Weston Wilson triple off the wall in right field, then was followed up by a Johan Rojas single that made the score 5-0. Kyle Schwarber then singled and moved up to second on a throwing error, putting the runners on second and third with no one out. Turner would double to left to bring them in and make the score 7-0.
Phillies rookie Weston Wilson hit for the cycle vs the Nationals. It's the 100th cycle in franchise history.
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