After bashing back-to-back homers on Friday, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber went 0-for-8 in a 2-0 loss on Saturday.

Cade Cavalli earned his first major league victory, James Wood hit a two-run double, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Saturday.

Cade Cavalli earned his first major league victory, James Wood hit a two-run double, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Saturday. Cavalli struck out five and scattered seven hits over seven innings for Washington. The last-place Nationals have won three of four.

The Philadelphia Phillies expect to welcome back one of their star pitchers on Sunday, a day after they placed another on the injured list.

For at least one week, the Phillies’ starting rotation will go from a handful to a six pack. Aaron Nola met the team here Thursday and will come back from three months on the injured list to start Sunday,

Philadelphia Phillies got stuck in Cincinnati area due to plane trouble. But workers in two cities got them ready for their opening game in Washington.

Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Phillies beat the Nationals 6-2 to snap a three-game skid.

"We’ll see how it all works out moving forward. I think it’s good this time of year to get guys days off,” manager Rob Thomson said.