It was another lost weekend for the Washington Nationals as they visited Philadelphia and were promptly swept by the Phillies…5-4, 9-6, and 6-2.

Lefty Jamie Moyer capped off the successful weekend for the Phils by picking up his 250th career victory. Moyer yielded just one run on 3 hits over 6 innings on Sunday.

Chris Coste was on base 4 times for Philadelphia, and Josh Willingham belted 2 solo home runs for the Nationals in a losing cause. Willingham also hit a solo blast on Friday night.

…It’s the same old story for Washington…poor pitching and even worse defense. I said it before, and I’ll say it again, no matter how bad the pitching is, this team does not know how to play fundamental baseball. Ultimately the accountability for that must fall squarely on the shoulders of Manny Acta.

The Phillies will go west and start a series on Monday against the Padres in San Diego. The Nationals have a day off before they welcome the San Francisco Giants to D.C. on Tuesday.

In Arizona, the Braves and Diamondbacks battled to a split of their 4-game series in the desert. The D-Backs took games one and three…5-2 and 3-2…while Atlanta rebounded to take games 2 and 4 by scores of 10-6 and 9-3.

Yunel Escobar was back in the lineup for the Braves, sparking the offense with 2 hits, a home run, and 3 RBI on Friday while adding 3 doubles, 2 runs, and 2 RBI on Sunday.

Atlanta rookie Kris Medlen picked up his first Major League victory after tossing 6 strong innings in his start on Sunday afternoon. Medlen gave up one run on 4 hits and struck out 9.

The Braves are off Monday as they fly back to Atlanta after going 2-6 on their 8 game west coast trip. They’ll open a 3 game set with the Cubs on Tuesday.

The Florida Marlins also return home to begin play on Monday against the NL Central leading Milwaukee Brewers. Andrew Miller and Jeff Suppan kick things off at 7:10 PM ET in South Florida.

In player news…It’s possible that Tom Glavine will join the Braves during their upcoming 10-game homestand. Glavine has a rehab start scheduled for Tuesday.

Atlanta 1B Casey Kotchman was hit in the right shin by a pitch from Max Scherzer on Sunday and could miss three or four days of action.

And finally, Philadelphia’s J.C. Romero will return Wednesday from his 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s policy against PEDs.

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