{"id":82012,"date":"2025-08-23T10:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=82012"},"modified":"2025-08-23T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T10:11:30","slug":"nationals-bring-win-streak-into-matchup-with-the-phillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=82012","title":{"rendered":"Nationals bring win streak into matchup with the Phillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-byline\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/accessglobal.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/img\/photos\/2025\/08\/14\/26811861_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d\" alt=\"Where to Buy Tickets for the Nationals vs Phillies Game on August 14, 2025? - On Pattison | THE Philly Sports Website\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Saturday, August 23, 2025 8:18AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p>Washington Nationals (53-75, fifth in the NL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (74-54, first in the NL East)<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia; Saturday, 6:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p>PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Mitchell Parker (7-13, 5.90 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 84 strikeouts); Phillies: Aaron Nola (1-7, 6.92 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 56 strikeouts)<\/p>\n<p>Phillies -237, Nationals +194; over\/under is 10 runs<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals are looking to continue a three-game win streak with a victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia has a 40-22 record in home games and a 74-54 record overall. Phillies hitters have a collective .423 slugging percentage to rank fourth in the NL.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has a 53-75 record overall and a 27-36 record in road games. The Nationals are 24-59 in games when they have allowed a home run.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s game is the 12th time these teams meet this season. The Phillies have a 6-5 advantage in the season series.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Schwarber leads the Phillies with 45 home runs while slugging .581. Trea Turner is 23 for 47 with three doubles, a triple, a home run and eight RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>James Wood leads the Nationals with 26 home runs while slugging .481. Paul DeJong is 13 for 41 with four home runs and 11 RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 5-5, .291 batting average, 4.81 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs<\/p>\n<p>Nationals: 6-4, .249 batting average, 5.26 ERA, outscored by four runs<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Phillies: Zack Wheeler: 15-Day IL (blood clot)<\/p>\n<p>Nationals: Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Keibert Ruiz: 7-Day IL (concussion), Derek Law: 60-Day IL (forearm), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Nationals (53-75, fifth in the NL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (74-54, first in the NL East)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":82015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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