Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies Match Player Stats On May 07, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 7, 2017

PHILADELPHIA -- Aaron Altherr was on the bench all day long Sunday, a chilly and windy day at Citizens Bank Park. Once he entered, he only needed one pitch to give the Phillies a jolt.

Altherr blasted a pinch-hit, three-run home run to even the score in the bottom of the eighth and the Phillies won in the 10th on a walk-off sacrifice fly by Freddy Galvis to complete a come-from-behind, 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals.

Galvis finished the day with three RBIs.

With one away in the 10th, Galvis took a first-pitch slider from Blake Treinen (0-1) to deep center field. Michael Taylor caught the liner and never had a chance to throw out Odubel Herrera at the plate.

Herrera led off the 10th with a check-swing double down the left-field line. Altherr was intentionally walked before pitcher Vince Velasquez came off the bench to attempt a sacrifice bunt that turned into a bunt single to load the bases. Treinen struck out Andres Blanco but couldn't get out of trouble.

The Phillies (13-17) snapped a five-game losing streak while snapping a four-game win streak for the Nationals (21-10), baseball's best team.

Hector Neris (1-1), Philadelphia's closer, got the win after throwing two shutout innings.

Philadelphia nearly won the game in the bottom of the ninth.

Matt Albers, who surrendered the eighth-inning homer to Altherr, the first batter he faced, remained in the game in the ninth. He walked Blanco to start the inning before falling down on a Galvis sacrifice bunt attempt, allowing Galvis to reach base.

Enny Romero was summoned to relieve Albers and struck out Phillies catcher Andrew Knapp before allowing an infield single to Brock Stassi to load the bases for Cesar Hernandez, whose check-swing groundout to first baseman Adam Lind cut a run down at the plate. Romero then got out of the jam by popping out Daniel Nava to send the game to extra innings.

But Neris sent the Nationals down in order to get the Phillies back to the plate in the 10th.

The Phillies win spoiled a big day at the plate for Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth, who homered twice and finished a triple shy of the cycle.

With Washington trailing 2-1 in the top of the fifth inning, Werth took a Jeremy Hellickson fastball deep to left for a go-ahead homer.

Werth's first-inning home run gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead.

Werth's last three multi-homer games have come against Philadelphia. His 22 lifetime home runs against the Phillies, the team he played four seasons with, are the most he's hit against any opponent.

Washington's bullpen implosion also wasted a good start from Tanner Roark.

Roark, who didn't give up a hit until the fourth inning, threw six innings of two-hit baseball. He allowed two unearned runs, walked three and struck out five.

The Nationals gave him a pair of insurance runs in the seventh off Phillies reliever Jake Thompson to make the score 5-2.

The insurance was for naught.

Two of the runs on Altherr's blast were charged to reliever Matt Grace.

The Phillies took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on a two-run double off the bat of Galvis. The runs weren't charged to Roark since the inning was extended thanks to an error by shortstop Trea Turner.

Hellickson lasted 4 2/3 innings. He allowed three runs on five hits (two home runs) while walking three. He struck out four.

NOTES: Washington OF Bryce Harper (groin) missed his third consecutive game. ... Philadelphia's pitching staff has now surrendered 48 homers this season, the most of any team in Major League Baseball. ... The Phillies have an off-day Monday before hosting Seattle for a two-game set beginning Tuesday. ... The Nationals head to Baltimore for the beginning of the annual Beltway Series, a two-game, home-and-home series with the Orioles starting Monday.