PHILLIES 0 NATS 4 F...HAMELS gets No RUN SUPPORT as STRASBURG gets that and sends 10 PHILS' back to the Philly Hitting Coach talking Strasburg "STUFF"!..."GET AWAY DAY" with a NAT-itude at NATS Park! #PHIvsWSH

It was billed Hamels vs Starsburg and that is Must-See Show T.V. talking "Dealing" on the Hill. After all the smoke cleared and Philly Hitters baffled by Nats Ace Stephen Strasburg's Stuff...the Nats add to their NL East lead over Braves Country. They also bounce back from losing the first two of a Four-Piece with the Phightins'!

The Nats scored the first of four on a Denard Span run-scoring single in the 3rd to make it 1-0 Nats. Then all the attention until that Nats Three-Run 8th went to the bump as both Hamels (L 6-6) 7 IP 4 H 1 R 0 ER 1 BB 6 SO and Strasburg (W 8-9) 7 IP 3 H 0 R BB 10 SO was at the Blackjack Table playing with House Money looking at Hitters saying, "You want to go back to the Farm...don't you"?

It was 'Phils Reliever Ken Giles who gets tapped for two doubles as both Nats Stars Anthony Rendon and Jayson Werth go Two-Baggers. Throw in a Wild Pitch the Nats scored three as that 1-0 lead turned to 4-0 Nats.

Nats Captain Save-A-Game Rafael Soriano closes the 9th as the Nats move to 60-49 three up on the Braves who is playing the 'Dres as we go to press. The Phils fall to 49-53 some 12.5 games back of the Nats with no MLB Trade Deadline Deals. That in itself was a shock with Philly Hardball seemingly going nowhere in 2014!