Nats Nightly

It was still 0-0 after 7 1⁄2 in the nation’s capital when Bryce Harper hit his 24th HR of the season to lift the Washington Nationals to a 3-0 win and their second straight over the Philadelphia Phillies. Max Scherzer held the Nats' NL East rivals scoreless over 6 2/3 and the bullpen did their job as well before and after Harper hit his three-run blast to right field in the home-half of the eighth in the 84th win of the season for the Nationals. 84-58. One more with Phillies tomorrow.