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Posted on June 3, 2010 at 05:36 PM.

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On a beautiful Monday afternoon in Washington DC, the Washington Nationals prevail over the visiting Phillies 3-2, behind a marvelous pitching performance from John Lannan(1-0). Lannan out dueled the Phillies new ace Roy Halladay(0-1) to get the Nationals a win on Opening Day. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the 4th when with 2 outs, Josh Willingham doubled on a inside cutter from Halladay, and Adam Kennedy picked up his first RBI of the year with a 2 out single to drive Willingham in from second to start the scoring. After a scoreless half inning by Lannan, the Nationals had another 2 out rally, this time capitalizing on a rare mistake by Hallada. On a 2-1 pitch, Halladay hit Nyger Morgan in the back. Morgan then stole his first base of the season to get into scoring postion and Willy Taveras wasnt going to let him be wasted as he lined a 1-1 fastball up the middle to score Morgan. Lannan got into some trouble in the 6th by giving up 2 hits, one to Polanco and a infield single to Howard, followed by a close 3-2 walk to Werth. Ibanez lined a single to left to get the Phillies on the board, but Lannan got Rollins to ground into a Fielders Choice to end the innings. Nationals tacked another run on the board against the Phillies bullpen as Willy Harris singles to center to score Ivan Rodriguez to increase the lead back to 2 for the time being. In the 8th, Sean Burnett came in, walked Polanco, gave up a hit to Utley, and after getting Ryan Howard to line out to 1st, Miguel Batista came in to face Jason Werth, he got Werth to fly out to left, but that abled Polanco to come acrossed the plate with the 2nd run. Matt Capps was able to come in and shut the door in the 9th, picking up his 1st save of the year and the Nationals 1st win of the new campaign. The Nations are back in action on Wednesday as they have Scott Olsen on the mound to face fellow lefty Cole Hamels, with a 7:05 pm EST first pitch. It is Program Night at Nationals Park so arrive early as the first 10,000 fans recieve a free Nationals Program.

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MLB Scoreboard - Philadelphia Phillies (0-1) at Washington Nationals (1-0)

April 5, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	0
Washington Nationals	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	X	3	9	0
WIN: John Lannan (1-0) LOSS: Roy Halladay (0-1) SAVE: Matt Capps (1)

Scoring Summary

			PHI	WAS
WAS	4th	Kennedy Grounded to Left For a Single, Willingham Scores	0	1
WAS	5th	Taveras Lined to Center For a Single, Morgan Scores	0	2
PHI	6th	Ibanez Lined to Right For a Single, Rolanco Scores	1	2
WAS	7th	Harris Lined to Center For a Single(8-5), Guzman Out, Rodriguez Scores	1	3
PHI	8th	Werth Hit a Sacrifice Fly to Willingham(SF7), Polanco Scores	2	3

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Victorino	4	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Polanco	2	2	1	0	2	0	.500
Utley	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Howard	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Werth	2	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Ibanez	3	0	2	1	0	1	.667
Rollins	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Ruiz	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Dobbs	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Halladay	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Gload	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Francisco	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	31	2	6	2	4	4
BATTING: RBI: Ibanez(1), Werth(1) HBP: Ibanez SF: Werth GIDP: Utley
BASERUNNING: SB: Victorino(1)

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
R. Halladay (L, 0-1)	6.0	5	2	2	1	7	3.00
D. Baez	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	27.00
C. Durbin	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Totals	8.0	9	3	3	1	7

Washington Nationals

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Morgan	3	1	1	0	0	0	.333
Taveras	4	0	1	1	0	0	.250
Zimmerman	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Dunn	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Willingham	4	1	2	0	0	0	.500
Kennedy	3	0	1	1	0	0	.333
Rodriguez	3	1	2	0	0	0	.667
Guzman	3	0	1	0	0	2	.333
Lannan	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Harris	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
Totals	30	3	9	3	1	7
BATTING: 2B: Willingham(1), Rodriguez(1) RBI: Harris(1), Kennedy(1), Taveras(1) HBP: Morgan GIDP: Taveras
BASERUNNING: SB: Morgan(1) CS: Taveras(1)

Washington Nationals

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
J. Lannan (W, 1-0)	7.0	5	1	1	3	3	1.29
S. Burnett (H, 1)	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	27.00
M. Batista (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
M. Capps (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	4	4