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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Game recap May 31: Phillies vs. Nationals

Tonight was game 2 of the series of the Philadelphia Phillies vs. the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. Cliff Lee took the mound for the Phillies in tonight's game and Jason Marquis for the Nationals.

Placido Planco hit his 55th single in the 1st which leads the national league. Clif Lee started off the game in the 1st retiring the first three batters in order. The 2nd inning was a quiet inning. In the 3rd however the Nationals scored off an RBI sacrifice fly by Jayson Werth. Next up is Micheal Morse who hit an RBI single giving the Nationals a 2 to 0 lead in the 3rd. Next up Danny Espinosa hit a 3 run home run making the score 5 to 0.

In the 5th the Phillies scored their first run of the game with a home run by Domonic Brown. Next up, John Mayberry also hit a solo home run making the score 5 to 2. In the 6th Danny Espinosa hit his 2nd solo home run of the night making the score 6 to 2.

Micheal Stutes came into the game in the 6th inning to replace Lee who had thrown a lot of pitches early in the game. In the 7th inning Danys Baez came into pitch to replace Stutes. In the 7th Morse hit an RBI single to give the Nationals a 7 to 2 lead. Ivan Rodriguez also had an RBI in the 7th for the Nationals. Rodriguez scored on the next play giving the Nationals a 9 to 2 lead over the Phillies in the 7th.

In the 8th the Phillies brought in Mike Zagurski to pitch. Jayson Werth hit an RBI double in the 8th giving the Nationals a 10 to 2 lead. The Phillies offense was not getting on tonight and the Washington Nationals went on to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10 to 2.

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