Adam Morgan was effective early, needing only 65 pitches to get through five innings. But Washington torched him for four runs in the sixth. Home runs from Wilson Ramos and Danny Espinosa did the damage. The Nats tacked on one more after Daniel Murphy tripled and was driven home on a Ryan Zimmerman sac fly. Murphy couldn't be cooled off this series, reaching and scoring twice on Wednesday and finishing the series 6-for-12 with four RBIs and four extra-base hits -- just two fewer than the Phillies had as a team.
Ramos' three-run homer
WSH@PHI: Ramos crushes a three-run homer to right
Wilson Ramos hits a three-run home run to right field to score Ryan Zimmerman and Anthony Rendon, making the score 5-0 in the top of the 6th
Philadelphia has now lost six straight and 10 of its last 12. With Wednesday's loss, the Phillies fell under .500 for the first time since they were 9-10 on April 24. They entered the series in third place in the NL East, 3 1/2 games back of Washington. The Nationals' sweep not only gives them breathing room over the Mets, but also knocked the Phillies into fourth place behind the Marlins.
Espinosa's solo homer
WSH@PHI: Espinosa's line-drive homer to left center
Danny Espinosa lines a home run to left-center for his seventh of the season, which puts the Nationals up 6-0 in the top of the 6th inning
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Max poetic: It is becoming a customary start for Scherzer where he dominates for much of the game, accumulating strikeouts and keeping hitters off-balance. But when he does get hit, the ball leaves the yard. At times he can pitch to both extremes, and have games where he strikes out 20 (such as May 11 against the Tigers) or allows four homers (as he did May 6 against the Cubs). But Scherzer was stellar for much of his eight-inning performance Wednesday, where he held the Phillies to five hits and struck out 11, making the one mistake to Goeddel for the home run.
Phlashing the leather: The Phillies have put on a defensive spectacle this series, despite getting swept. Each night they turned in better plays than the last. Goeddel's throw to double off Bryce Harper on Monday. On Tuesday, Cesar Hernandez and Freddy Galvis combined to turn "one of the best double plays you're ever going to see," according to Phillies manager Pete Mackanin. But the Phils put a bow on their defensive performance in the series finale. Galvis first made an impressive sliding, over-the-shoulder grab in shallow center. David Lough followed with a diving catch to rob Scherzer in the fourth, and topped that off with a tumble in right field foul territory on a Jayson Werth pop in the seventh.
Lough's sliding grab
WSH@PHI: Lough makes a sliding catch to retire Werth
David Lough makes a sliding grab in foul territory to retire Jayson Werth in the top of the 7th inning
WHAT'S NEXT
Nationals: After an off-day on Thursday, the Nats travel to Cincinnati for the second leg of their three-city, nine-game road trip which begins on Friday night at 7:10 p.m. ET. Left-hander Gio Gonzalez will take the mound, trying to bounce back from the two worst outings of his season where he has allowed 13 runs in 9 2/3 innings.
Phillies: The Phillies host Milwaukee for four games at Citizens Bank Park beginning Thursday at 7:05 p.m. ET. Jerad Eickhoff (2-7, 4.07 ERA) starts for the Phillies, opposing the Brewers' Chase Anderson (2-6, 5.00 ERA).
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Evan Webeck is a reporter for MLB.com based in Philadelphia.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Max poetic: Scherzer K's 11 as Nats sweep Phils
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