PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Cristopher Sánchez pitched five strong innings, Bryson Stott drove in a run, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Thursday at Citizens Bank Park.

Sánchez (15-4) allowed six hits and two earned runs while striking out six. Miles Mikolas (3-9) took the loss. The Phillies took early control with two runs in the first inning on doubles by Luis Arraez and Alec Bohm. They added three runs in the third, with Brandon Marsh and J.T. Realmuto each driving in a run and Stott doubling home another. Washington scored single runs in the second, fourth and sixth innings. Jacob Young went 2-for-2 with an RBI, and Andrew Pinckney hit a solo home run. Philadelphia answered in the bottom of the sixth on Kyle Schwarber’s run-scoring single.

Jhoan Duran, Jonathan Bowlan and José Alvarado each threw a scoreless inning of relief for Philadelphia. Trevor Williams struck out two over a scoreless inning for Washington. The Phillies collected 16 hits while the Nationals had eight. Attendance was 40,301. The game took 2:42.