Sure, the Phillies rallied for an 11-9 victory, scoring five runs against the last-place Nationals’ putrid bullpen and surviving a three-run rally in the ninth that brought the tying run to the plate and forced manager Rob Thomson to use closer Jhoan Duran.

The Philadelphia Phillies have enjoyed the luxury of being one of the top teams in baseball this season, currently holding a 70-53 record. The team is set to get Bohm and Nola back Sunday for their matchup against the Washington Nationals,

Alec Bohm hit a three-run home run in his return from the injured list, Nick Castellanos also homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals.

Realmuto launched a two-run homer in the eighth inning Tuesday, snapping a 4-4 tie and providing the winning runs as the Phillies captured the series. All that remained after the homer was for closer Jhoan Duran to enter to his anticipated light show and blow away the Mariners with a 102-mph fastball and 100-mph splinker.

When the Washington Nationals promoted top 30 pitching prospect Andry Lara earlier this season, he had only two career relief appearances in the minor leagues,

Mets' Carlos Mendoza and Nationals' Miguel Cairo share in a special moment before Tuesday night's divisional matchup

Jhoan Duran took a comebacker off his right foot on Friday and had to be carted off the field, but the Philadelphia Phillies closer said Saturday that he's fine.

The Washington Nationals have been around since 1969 and have always been in the NL East. In a proposed new realignment, that could change.