The Phillies played an unscheduled home game yesterday – in the nation’s capital.
Maybe in honor of Memorial Day, Phillies nation made the jaunt down I-95 and took over Nationals Park on a muggy, sun-soaked holiday afternoon.
The announced crowd for the Phillies-Nationals game was 34,789. It only seemed as if 30,000 of them were wearing Phillies pinstripes.
At no point was this more in evidence than in the bottom of the seventh inning. Phils ace Roy Hallady, who had already been touched for an uncharacteristic three home runs, was facing off against our old pal Jayson Werth. The Phils were clinging to a one-run lead, but the Nats had Werth at the plate with two men on.
The place erupted when a gritty Halladay, who clearly did not have his best stuff, struck out Werth. And the throng of Phillies Phaithful were on their feet two innings later when Ryan Madson recorded the save, preserving a 5-4 victory.
If it’s within driving distance, Phils fans will get there. These days games in New York, Washington and even Pittsburgh mean only one thing: Road trip.
Maybe in honor of Memorial Day, Phillies nation made the jaunt down I-95 and took over Nationals Park on a muggy, sun-soaked holiday afternoon.
The announced crowd for the Phillies-Nationals game was 34,789. It only seemed as if 30,000 of them were wearing Phillies pinstripes.
At no point was this more in evidence than in the bottom of the seventh inning. Phils ace Roy Hallady, who had already been touched for an uncharacteristic three home runs, was facing off against our old pal Jayson Werth. The Phils were clinging to a one-run lead, but the Nats had Werth at the plate with two men on.
The place erupted when a gritty Halladay, who clearly did not have his best stuff, struck out Werth. And the throng of Phillies Phaithful were on their feet two innings later when Ryan Madson recorded the save, preserving a 5-4 victory.
If it’s within driving distance, Phils fans will get there. These days games in New York, Washington and even Pittsburgh mean only one thing: Road trip.
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