ROUNDUP/MATCHUPS

Nationals 3, Phillies 1, 1st game: Spencer Kieboom appeared to spit out a tooth before he hit his first major league home run, Erick Fedde pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning and the Washington Nationals beat the fading Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader. The doubleheader was needed once Monday's night's game was postponed because of poor field conditions from weekend rain. The grounds crew used blow torches to dry a field that had not been covered with a tarp and players described as “spongy” and “soft.” It's the Phillies who are stuck in the mud. The Phillies, who were 15 games over .500 in early August and in the thick of NL playoff race, have lost three straight games and are 6-15 since Aug. 18. They began the day five games behind Atlanta in the NL East.

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Houston at Detroit Oakland at Baltimore Cleveland at Tampa Bay Toronto at Boston

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Texas at L.A. Angels

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati Washington at Philadelphia, 2nd game

Miami at N.Y. Mets Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh at St. Louis Arizona at Colorado

San Diego at Seattle Atlanta at San Francisco