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- Updated: June 1, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Daniel Murphy completed his scorching hot month of May with another multi-hit game, including a solo home run, and Joe Ross delivered a strong outing to help lead the Nationals to a 5-1 victory over the Phillies on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.
Murphy improved his average to .397 on the season and tied a franchise record for most hits in a single month with 47, including seven homers. He had only homered seven times in a single month once, this past October while he helped the Mets complete their run to the World Series.
“Murph’s ready to hit June, July August and September,” Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. “And we’ve seen him in October. Doesn’t really matter, just as long as we can keep him healthy and happy.”
The Nationals had four homers on the day — Jayson Werth’s solo homer in the first inning, Murphy’s homer in the sixth, Danny Espinosa’s two-run homer in the ninth inning followed by a pinch-hit inside the park home run from Stephen Drew — to back Ross, who tossed seven innings of one-run ball. The Nationals will go for a series sweep Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia has dropped nine of its last 11 games despite starter Aaron Nola’s solid outing. Nola struck out six over six innings, allowing two runs.
“That was the one bright spot,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said of Nola’s outing.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDRoss is boss: Ross continues to establish himself as one of the best young starters in all of baseball after another strong outing Tuesday night. He scattered three hits in seven strong innings and surrendered just one run with five strikeouts. He lowered his ERA to 2.37 on the season, seventh best in the National League. One of the most encouraging signs for the Nationals was how strongly Ross finished the game, which had been an area he and manager Dusty Baker discussed as room for improvement.
“I guess it was a little bit all coming together,” Ross said. “I’ve realized going into the games later it’s tough. I think just trying to make an adjustment with pitch selection …
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