Franco, Nola lead Phils to 4th straight series win
WASHINGTON » Maikel Franco went 4 for 4, Carlos Santana homered and the Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Saturday.
With the Phillies leading 3-2 in the eighth, Santana sent a drive into the Philadelphia bullpen in left-center field off Kelvin Herrera for his 13th homer of the season and second in two games. Franco later added an RBI single.
Philadelphia’s Odubel Herrera, who had homered in five straight games, went 0 for 4.
The Phillies have won five of six while the Nationals have lost three of four, scoring a total of nine runs. Anthony Rendon homered for Washington.
Aaron Nola (9-2) stiffened after a shaky first inning, giving up two runs on four hits over six. He struck out five and didn’t allow a hit after the second inning, bouncing back from fourrun, 4 1/3-inning effort last time out. Nola also hit an RBI single.
Seranthony Dominguez worked the ninth for his fourth save.
Erick Fedde (0-3) allowed three runs on eight hits in six-plus innings.
With the score 2-all, Franco doubled leading off the seventh and moved to third on a groundout. Pinch-hitter Jesmuel Valentin lifted a fly to right, Franco tagged and just beat Adam Eaton’s throw home with the safe call surviving a replay challenge.
Daniel Murphy’s two-run single in the first inning gave Washington the early lead, but the Phillies strung together four two-out singles — the last by Nola — in the second to tie it.
Philadelphia 020 000 120 Washington 200 000 010
a-out on sacrifice fly for Nola in the 7th; b-popped out for Madson in the 7th; cstruck out for Kieboom in the 9th.
Philadelphia 6, Washington 5; Williams (7), Franco (7), Soto (9); Santana (13), off K.Herrera, Rendon (8), off Morgan; Santana (46), Franco (37), Alfaro (15), Nola (1), Valentin
(4), Rendon (29), Murphy 2 (4); Hernandez (11), Kingery (6), Difo (5); Harper (2); Valentin;
Philadelphia 3 (Hernandez, Hoskins, Nola), Washington 1 (Harper); Philadelphia 4 for 9, Washington 1 for 4;
Alfaro; O.Herrera, Santana; Washington 2 (Difo, Rendon, Murphy), (Turner, Murphy); Home, Larry Vanover, First, Dave Rackley, Second, Mark Wegner, Third, Chris Guccione; 3:03; 40,341 (41,313).
LOB: R H BI BB SO
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 R
0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 10 H CS: SF: left in scoring position: A: RBIs: RISP: GIDP:
1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
6
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
5 4 7 BI BB SO
0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3
0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 — —
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 2B: HR: SB: 510 0 3 60 Runners Avg
.268 .252 .304 .229 .238
—
— .223 .255 .243 .067 .216
— .179
Avg
.309
— .000 .212 .286 .323 .135 .264 .247 .212 .242 .000
— .174
Runners moved up: DP: Umpires:
Nola, W, 9-2 6 4 Hunter, H, 12 1 1 Morgan, H, 9 1 1 Dominguez, S, 4-4 1 17 1.54
2 0 1 0
2 0 1 0
Fedde, L, 0-3 6 8 3 3 2 3 99 5.32 Madson 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 4.21 K.Herrera 1 2 2 2 1 2 24 1.57 Kelley 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 3.93 Fedde pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
Madson 1-1.
Inherited runners-scored:
3 0 0 0
5 0 0 0
T:
83 2.58 14 4.57 24 4.71 2