Realmuto also singled and scored on Alec Bohm’s triple in the first inning, before his homer off Jake Irvin made it 4-0 in the third inning.
J.T. Realmuto followed an intentional walk to Bryce Harper by driving a hanging curveball over the wall for a three-run homer, helping the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Saturday."If I try to go up there and do more and make the other manager ‘pay,’ that’s usually when I get out of the zone and chase and … my swing falls apart," Realmuto said about having Harper, a two-time NL MVP and the team's No. 3 hitter, be put on base on purpose ahead of him.
"The outing as a whole was really good," said Irvin, who described himself as feeling under the weather. "Just one really bad pitch."After getting shut out 4-0 on a total of two hits Friday, Washington at least got on the board in this one, cutting the deficit to 4-2 on Joey Gallo's two-run shot in the third. It was his 200th career homer.But that was Washington's last hit.
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