Philadelphia Phillies at Warshington Nationals
Friday September 8, 2017
At Nationals Park, Washington DC
PHILLIES:1. Cesar Hernandez (S) 2B
2. Odubel Herrera (L) CF
3. Rhys Hoskins (R) 1B
4. Nick Williams (L) RF
5. Maikel Franco (R) 3B
6. Hyun Soo Kim (L) LF
7. Jorge Alfaro (R) C
8. J.P. Crawford (L) SS
9. Jake Thompson (R) P
NATIONALS
1. Trea Turner (R) SS
2. Howie Kendrick (R) LF
3. Daniel Murphy (L) 2B
4. Ryan Zimmerman (R) 1B
5. Anthony Rendon (R) 3B
6. Matt Wieters (S) C
7. Michael A. Taylor (R) CF
8. Alejandro De Aza (L) RF
9. Max Scherzer (R) P
Scherzer is an impressive 8-1 against the Phillies, with eight wins in a row. His only loss to the Phillies came in 2008, when he pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 13 starts against the Phillies, he has a 2.34 ERA.
Thompson, 23, is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA in two games out of the bullpen against Washington this year. In his career, he is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA in four games (two starts), against the Nationals. In those games he has gone 15 1/3 innings and allowed 14 hits and five walks, with 11 strikeouts. Thompson struck out seven and allowed one run and three hits in six innings on Sunday against the Miami Marlins.
Someone else can post score updates and the I don't have Internet access where I've been (caring for a relative in her 90s, in very poor health.
Ironically, she's getting physical therapy twice per week now.)
I'm working on getting the Internet and a computer there.