Alec Bohm had four hits, including two home runs, and drove in six to help the Philadelphia Phillies to a 19-4 win against the visiting Washington Nationals in the second game of their three-game series on Saturday afternoon.
Kyle Schwarber had a grand slam and Nick Castellanos also homered and drove in three runs for the Phillies, who had won four in a row before dropping the series opener 2-1 on Friday night.
Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore allowed seven runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked three in the shortest outing among his 17 starts this season. Smith pulled a 1-2 fastball off the scoreboard in right field with one out in the second inning to give the Nationals a short-lived 1-0 lead.
Harper started the six-run third inning by grounding into a force out at second base to plate a run and move the Phillies ahead 2-1.
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