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If your television has a Roku device, go to The Roku Channel and click on MLB Sunday Leadoff, go to the sports section and find the game or search for MLB Leadoff. Then click on the Phillies-Nationals game.
After bashing back-to-back homers on Friday, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber went 0-for-8 in a 2-0 loss on Saturday.
Their messy outfield situation hasn’t quite been cleared up yet, with Max Kepler also struggling and Nick Castellanos mired in an extended slump.Luckily for Philadelphia, other players have been able to pick up the slack and produce at a high level recently.
The 33-year-old righty’s day veered off course in the fifth inning. Dylan Crews reached on a one-out walk and Brady House hit a seeing-eye single into center field. Walker struck out Jacob Young, but James Wood gave Washington the lead by lacing a Walker splitter into the right-center gap for a two-RBI double.
Cade Cavalli earned his first major league victory, James Wood hit a two-run double, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0.