Phillies Demolished by Nationals, Walker's Nightmare

0:00It's March 31st. This is Washington Nationals News Today, powered by AI, your team, your update. Philly's got straig demolished by the Nationals last night, dropping a wild 13-to-2 decision at home. Foster Griffin, who just came back stateside after years dominating with the Yomi Yuri Giants in Japan, took the hill for Washington and kept Philly, quiet most of the night. Tijuan Walker had a nightmare first ending for the Philly's, coughing up four quick runs on walks, hits, and some sloppy defense. Things got even weirder from there, with replay over turns, a manager ejection for Rob Thompson, and Don mattingly stepping in to run the show. Walker ended up surrendering seven runs, six earned, on ten hits before Jonathan Bowling came in during the fifth. The gnats kept piling on thanks to drop flies, botched deals that somehow scored, and errors that turned routine plays into rallies. Things were groaning early as the Philly's bats went silent through four innings, managing just a couple singles.

1:00By the fifth, Rafael Martian sparked a little hoax with a two run homer, but that was it for the fireworks, Bryce Harbor crushed one that hoaked foul. And the offense fizzled from there. Strange vibes kept coming in the sixth and beyond, like Otto Kim's wall dive that turned into a double on review, and more gnats trickery pushing. Another lead to double digits. Jose Alvarado loaded the bases in the ninth, and with the game out of reach, the Philly's even trotted out position player Dylan Moore to pitch, but he allowed one more run for the Bakers 13. Phil sit at one in three now, but they looked to bounce back tomorrow at 6.40pm, with Andrew Painter making his big league debut against the Nets.