Nationals vs. Phillies Game Highlights (5/1/25) | MLB Highlights
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[{'start': '1.768', 'end': '2.969', 'text': "Walker has done a nice job this year in his five starts. 12 and 2.78 R A. He's given the Phillies a chance to win every start he's had with the six game hitting streak. Abrams up to 282. He has four homers. He's driven in 11, the top of the first base line walker to heed it out of the air with the bare hand as walker went tumbling down. What a way that was as good a play and athletica play as you will see an absolutely incredible play. Tawan Walker with a last second lunge grabbed it and flipped it to Harper in time for the out was amazing. And here's James Wood one for 72 walks in RB I in the series. And that's ball four wood, four pitches all down and out of the strike of the Nationals have their first baserunner. The Nets only had two first inning base runners in this series, well, hit up the middle for second, good charge by the outstanding center fielder Rojas. He's hit in four straight games and the Nationals have an opportunity here to get on the board first with Luis Garc-a Junior, come to the place to left field. Kepler lounges back. He's under, it makes the catch and that will do it for the nationals in part. Thanks to a great defensive play by the pitcher himself. Brad Lord. Well, first start against the Phillies, but he did make his big league debut against them. Great for him. So this might be a fun outing for him just to find a, that four seamer in the zone. Why not? Downstairs, sound like a foul tip and be able to squeeze it for that first out quickly. Brad Lord has a strikeout. Turner hit five of six. His average is a 282 swinging a ground ball the other way and that's going to get through for a base hit and Turner has been wearing out that hole on the right side. Harper hitting just 212 over his last ball games and in his last eight, he has only four hits in 31 at bats right after him and dumping it down into the dirt. A beauty two K's around the single six pitches, six strikes , two strikeouts to lefties. We got a good change of going here for Lord kyle Schwarber. Schwarber has started the scoring in each of the first two games of the series ground ball right side toward the hole it's fielded by Garcia on the outfield grass himself. He throws to first Brad Lord retires kyle Schwarber and the Phillies in a scoreless first inning, third inning. Now, Tawan Walker faces the top of the order again for the Nationals swing and a Miss wood a strikeout victim. That's the first one of the day for Taiwan. That's a good one in a perfect, everyone says down and in the lefties is the nitro zone but down just above the ankles. That's a tough one to get to swings and pops one up on the infield Ball is waiting on it and calling and he makes the catch and there is a 123 inning for Tawan walker. Now we see if Brad Lord can go 123 here, Trey got a fastball up and hit it hard to the right side of the infield. First time up, Trey will pull it hard. 10 has been busy over there guns him out by a half step. Trey in a blur goes by the sixth ground ball out for Brad Lord and Harper up swinging early just cruising to it. We'll take that any time, a one pitch second out and next up, Schwarber got him looking at the knees. Schwarber zero for two. Brad Lord four for four as far as putting up zeros on that board. Seven in a row retired by Taiwan Walker. He's allowed one hit that was a single by Ruiz in the first inning. The third backing up sets himself in fires just in time and a clap of the glove from Tawan walker Dylan Cruz who runs well, he is out number one swing and a miss he got, it is the second strikeout nine in a row retired by Tyjuan walker. He's doing what he's been doing for the Phillies early in the season. Bring up Jacob Young, two outs. Nobody on and Young swings and pops it up, backing out of the shadow. Left center is Turner. He's calling now Kepler. Now, Rojas calls everybody off and makes the play. There's another 123 innings for Taiwan Walker. That's 10 in a row retired by the right hander. One away. Here's Max Kepler, a ball game devoid of base runners so far for the most part, three hits combined that for a base hit, it's going to scop to the wall going to get to second base with his seventh double of the year and the Phillies have a runner in scoring position the first one of the night. That's a pretty swing double barreled, bringing in first hit for either team since the second and ALEC ball drive to right center field that's in for base hit. Here comes Kepler and ball with an RB I single. The Phillies strike first and lead it. That's a ball that really produced for the Phillies last year. Don't have to hit home runs to drive in runs. And that was a perfect example right there. Max with a great read scores easily on that ball, Tyan walker. Now with the lead to hold on to , it's 1 to 0 Phillies top of the order for the Nationals. Abrams trying to extend his six game inning streak this one down the right field line and will hit it's one hop the wall to the left of the 330 mark. And CJ Abrams has a seven game hitting streak. A great job by CJ. The Nationals have a runner at second base for the second time in this game. A leadoff double for Abrams that will bring up James Wood who walked on four pitches in the first off the hands off the leg of Tyan and he throws him out. He's got everything tonight. Abrams wants to third and Rob Thompson both out to check on Taiwan right outer by. Look at, look at the focus though, right to the ball. Perfect bare hand throw to first. He's going to stay in the ball game 64 pitches. He's got Lowe to deal with Phillies will bring in that infield and here's Lowe who leads the nets with 24 runs batted in. He's going to solve that infield in number 25 for Nathaniel Lowe as the Nets are back even here in the sixth Abrams throwing it off double the shot off the pitcher's leg advanced him to third and Lowe has hit it four straight has delivered six runs batted in in the four games. Now brings up Kart Ruiz who is single to center and that gets over the glove of Harper. This has a chance to get real deep into the corner. Lowe coming around third Gutierrez waving him heading for third in there in plenty of time. The nets have taken the lead all the way from first on a ground ball right to the bag where Harper was holding the runner and somehow it got through him and rolled all the way into the corner to go down as the three base. The Nationals have the lead here. But we know this ballpark, you've got to keep adding on. This is a must have for that runner at third, less than two outs. And garcia will bring home another run solidly out to left center and the Nets have a three run sixth inning. What a great job right here by Luis Garc-a Luis Garc-a Junior drives in his ninth run of the year and the Nationals really cash in on the error, three runs home here in the top of the sixth. That's now the nationals three, the Phillies won and that's going to do it for Taiwan walker. You've got four of the next five hitters have reached and again, not all of his doing a big error in the inning by Harper exacerbated the situation. Kirk is going to step into the ball game. Kirk's 14th game and sleep on Dylan Cruz at first here. They've already thrown over once on the move, Cruz, the throw goes through and now the will get a run home. Dylan Cruz stopped, made them make the throw. Marsha buried it and the Nats pick up a run with garcia. Just a good old college double steal here. Stop halfway. Once it goes through, you're going to say he didn't get a big jump. That's not the point. He just needs to go. It's like a hit and run. Make sure he goes home first, Marsha, his throw in the dirt. Now, Kirk is a breaking ball for a called third strike side is retired but the damage most definitely done four runs in the inning for the Nationals and the Phillies have their first two men aboard. That's the end of the night for Brad Lord on a couple of balls hit really softly here in the sixth. But Schwarber is next. Ferrer has been beating up and suddenly right after the Nats got a game situation, the middle off for there's a play at first one for three and it's turned into an out on the deflection as the runners move up. Turner to third Harper into scoring position at second. Here's the Casto Casto one out of two tonight. Back toward the middle off again. High in the air, nobody's covering first one run scores. It's a four game and there is some confusion over there. I think thought he was going to get the car like maybe go to first base because he's a first baseman. So two straight back off the pitcher one ahead and an RB I, and it's a 42 ball game and here's Matt Kepler, he's going to get the strikeout. Kepler might have been caught guessing ball had a little run back to it and a huge second out. That was a matchup. He had to win and he did a grounded into a 643 double play in the first, another strikeout ferrer able to fan Kepler looking b swinging good job by jose Ferrer coming into a tough spot with two men on and nobody out. Marsha has bounced to third and grounded to first into a force play to make him earn his way aboard if he does. 00, say, can you play? May the runner get on that fire strike? Look at Nathaniel Lowe on that stretch but jose 10, what a play bullpen set up thanks to jose, a Ferrer who got six huge outs and a big inning coming up for Jorge Lopez all four. The on base streak continues, but more importantly, the tying runs are on board and that's now 37 straight for the Phillies dating back to last season. And nick Castano is the batter on the hands. They're going to go for the middle runner in the relay is the call at first quick hands and good arms all over the infield for the nets. Tana starts the 543 double play and Lopez is out of trouble in the eighth, couple of right handers against Cal Finnegan trying to become the second national league closer into double digit saves two away. And the last hope to keep the inning alive is Rojas over to third fair ball down. Will Cruz it to second base. His helmet's flying up. He's taken about three. He is safe man. Was he moving first triple of the year? He was taking a chance on that one down, 22 outs and the Nets have to challenge here. He might as well use it after review. The call on the field is confirmed. The runner is safe. Marsha will be the batter with a game on the line here as there are two outs in the bottom of the ninth and a fly ball to center Jacob Young and the nets will salvage one here in Philly. Kyle Finnigan has his 10th save the nationals. Salvage the series finale here at Citizens Bank Park. 4 to 2."}]