Painter’s Stellar Debut Leads Phillies Past Nationals

PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Andrew Painter struck out eight over 5 1/3 innings in a brilliant major league debut, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.

The 22-year-old phenom allowed one run on four hits. Kyle Schwarber and Adolis García homered for the Phillies, who scored single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings. Washington plated a run in the sixth on an RBI single by Daylen Lile and another in the seventh on James Wood’s double.

Jhoan Duran earned his second save. Zack Littell took the loss for Washington. The Nationals outhit the Phillies 8-7 before a crowd of 40,709. The game took 2 hours, 20 minutes.