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It’s safe to say the Washington Nationals are happy to see the Philadelphia Phillies leave town.<\/p>\n

For a third straight night at Nationals Park, the Phillies scored a late comeback, beating the Nationals 10-5 and spoiling the party for the home crowd. Bryce Harper<\/a> played hero by hitting the go-ahead homer as part of a five-run ninth inning.<\/p>\n

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BRYCE HARPER FOR THE LEAD \ud83d\udd14<\/p>\n

The @Phillies<\/a> strike AGAIN in the 9th inning! pic.twitter.com\/kEFeFdTRvz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MLB (@MLB) June 26, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Harper’s blast came after similar go-ahead round-trippers in the ninth from Bryson Stott<\/a> on Tuesday and Derek Hill<\/a> on Wednesday. It’s the first time in baseball history that a team has hit go-ahead homers in the ninth inning of three consecutive games, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, Philadelphia erased a 5-0 deficit by scoring two in the sixth and three in the seventh. Harper’s homer off Gus Varland<\/a> opened the floodgates: J.T. Realmuto<\/a> extended the Phillies’ lead with an RBI double four batters later, and then Hill ripped his second long ball in as many days to ice the game.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the Phillies scored eight runs in the ninth<\/a> after entering the final inning down by two to beat the Nats 14-9. Wednesday’s miracle saw the Phils enter the ninth down 4-3 before Hill hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer<\/a> to give his club a 5-4 victory.<\/p>\n

The latest win lifted the Phillies to 36-17 since interim manager Don Mattingly replaced Rob Thomson on April 28. At 45-36 overall, Philadelphia now sits second in the NL East, four games behind the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n

Washington, meanwhile, has now lost three straight and dropped back to .500 after briefly grabbing hold of a wild-card spot last week.<\/p>\n

The Nats optioned Varland, who surrendered all five Phillies runs in the ninth, to Triple-A after Thursday’s loss, according to Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: Sports Baseball \u2013 The Score<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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