Late Nationals rally helps avoid Phillies sweep

Jesus Flores hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Jul 27, 2007, 12:51 am -
WAS
PHI
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2000002307101
1020200016121
J. Rauch
win

J. Rauch6-2

2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB
J. Mesa
loss

J. Mesa1-3

0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB
C. Cordero
save

C. Cordero20

1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

WASPHI
1stD Young singled to left, F Lopez scored.10
1stA Kearns safe at first on error by third baseman W Helms, R Belliard scored, D Young to second.20
1stC Utley singled to right, J Rollins scored, S Victorino to second.21
3rdR Howard homered to center, C Utley scored.23
5thP Burrell singled to center, C Utley and R Howard scored, A Rowand to second.25
7thF Lopez singled to center, J Flores and N Logan scored.45
8thJ Flores homered to left, R Fick and A Kearns scored.75
9thC Coste grounded out to third, A Rowand scored, M Bourn to third.76
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