Phillies shock rival Nationals, score 8 runs with 2 outs in miraculous ninth-inning comeback

The Philadelphia Phillies went into nan apical of nan ninth inning down 8-6 to nan Washington Nationals aft Orion Kerkering gave up a three-run location tally to rustle nan lead precocious successful nan game.

All momentum was washed away, and that was moreover much nan lawsuit erstwhile nan first 2 batters for Philadelphia struck retired to statesman nan ninth inning. Trea Turner, nan team’s trusty seasoned shortstop was down to his last strike, arsenic it appeared nan Phillies were going to autumn to their NL East rival.

But nan fat woman wasn't singing astatine Nationals Park for nan Phillies. In fact, Trea Turner kept nan crippled live pinch a azygous to halfway field.

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Bryson Stott of nan Philadelphia Phillies hits a three-run location tally against nan Washington Nationals during nan ninth inning astatine Nationals Park successful Washington, D.C., connected June 23, 2026. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

What ensued wasn’t conscionable a rally to necktie nan game. Brandon Marsh did that successful nan adjacent at-bat pinch a two-run homer. Instead, Marsh’s explosive opened nan flood gates for nan Phillies to people 8 runs successful nan apical of nan ninth inning to perfectly stun nan Nationals and its location crowd successful a miraculous 14-9 triumph connected Tuesday night.

It was nan Phillies' highest-scoring ninth inning since Sept. 27, 2015, erstwhile they besides scored 8 runs against these aforesaid Nationals. What made this rally particularly remarkable, however, was that each tally came pinch 2 outs.

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After Marsh’s location run, Bryce Harper kept nan rally live pinch a single, arsenic nan Phillies looked to return nan lead. Then, Derek Hill added a single, which brought up Bryson Stott pinch nan chance astatine accomplishing that extremity for nan first clip since nan apical of nan eighth erstwhile Philadelphia scored three.

Stott couldn’t person been much clutch successful nan moment, smashing a shot down nan left-field statement and leaning to his near successful hopes that it would enactment connected nan correct broadside of nan foul pole. It did precisely that, and Stott’s three-run location tally took nan aerial retired of nan crowd, arsenic nan Phillies went up 11-8.

But nan onslaught wasn’t done. The Phillies couldn’t extremity rallying, arsenic Edmundo Sosa drove successful 2 much runs to make it 13-8, and Turner sewage to bat again wherever he singled location Sosa.

Chase Shugart and J.T. Realmuto of nan Philadelphia Phillies observe aft nan last retired against nan Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park successful Washington, D.C., connected June 23, 2026. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

Finally, Marsh struck retired to extremity nan inning, but nan Nationals and its instrumentality guidelines were wholly dejected entering nan bottommost of nan ninth. Luis Garcia Jr. deed a solo location tally to pad his ain stats, but nan Nationals fell aft a melodramatic illness they will wish to hide very quickly.

The Nationals allowed 10 consecutive batters to scope base, 8 of them via hits, including 3 extra-base hits and nan 2 pivotal location runs. J.T. Realmuto and Justin Crawford besides drew walks during nan rally.

While it is still early successful nan season, it was a pivotal crippled successful position of NL East standings, arsenic nan Phillies now beryllium 43-36, six games retired of first place, which is held by nan Atlanta Braves. However, nan Nationals are not excessively acold behind, sitting only 2.5 games backmost of nan Phillies astatine 41-39. The Miami Marlins clasp nan aforesaid grounds arsenic Washington.

Brandon Marsh of nan Philadelphia Phillies celebrates pinch teammate Trea Turner aft hitting a two-run location tally against nan Washington Nationals during nan ninth inning astatine Nationals Park successful Washington, D.C., connected June 23, 2026. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

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Baseball is simply a crippled of momentum, but what nan Phillies showcased successful nan nation’s superior was overmuch much than that. They took nan "not until nan past out" mantra and ran pinch it for a crazy eight-run ending nan squad will beryllium talking astir for rather immoderate time.

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