Though Gore needed 37 pitches in the first inning, the Phillies’ lead did not balloon. Nick Castellanos flew out to the center-field warning track for the night’s first out. Edmundo Sosa and Otto Kemp both struck out with the bases loaded.

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber is having a great season at the plate, and he reached a new milestone against the Nationals.

However, as the Nationals learned when the Phillies poached Harper from them in 2019, all good things eventually come to an end. There was an expiration date on his time in D.C., literally. His contract ran out,