Four Washington Nationals pitchers combined to shut out the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. The Nationals beat the Phillies by the score of 4-0 as they improved their record to 20-26.
Tim Redding got the start for the Nationals and pitched 6 1/3 innigs. Redding gave up seven hits while walking and striking out two batters. Saul Rivera, Luis Ayala, and Joel Hanrahan pitched the final 2 2/3 innings without allowing a hit.
Lastings Milledge led the Nationals at the plate with two rbi. Milledge had a two run double in the in the third inning. Dmitri Young had a sacrafice fly in the first inning and then scored another run with a double play groundball in the seventh inning.
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