Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos and J.T. Realmuto each hit a two-run home run to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the Washington Nationals 6-2 on Thursday.
Realmuto had two hits and two walks. The Phillies drew nine walks overall as they took three of four in the series.
Nationals starter Patrick Corbin allowed one hit and one unearned run with seven walks and two strikeouts in five-plus innings. Andres Machado took the loss. In the seventh, Castellanos lofted a two-run home run to left, his 20th of the season, for a 4-1 lead. Castellanos now has an 11-game hitting streak.Vargas hit an RBI double off Yunior Marte down the first base line in the eighth inning to close within 6-2. Marte rallied to strike out the next two batters and get out of the jam. Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless ninth.
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