Nats unable to keep Phils from East title

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- For the third time in four seasons, the Nationals allowed the Phillies to clinch the National League East title. This time, the location was Nationals Park as the Nationals were blanked by the Phillies, 8-0, on Monday night.

Phillies right-hander Roy Halladay pitched a two-hitter and won his 21st game of the season. Wilson Ramos and Adam Dunn were the only Nationals to get hits off Halladay.

Nationals left-hander John Lannan pitched his final game of the season, tossing 5 2/3 innings and allowing four runs on seven hits.

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Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Victorino, CF 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .260
Polanco, 3B 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .298
Utley, 2B 4 2 1 2 0 2 2 .279
Howard, 1B 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .276
Werth, RF 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 .294
Ibanez, LF 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .274
Ruiz, C 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .298
Valdez, W, SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .257
Halladay, P 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .141
Totals 37 8 12 8 4 7 15 .260
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Espinosa, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .229
Morgan, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257
Desmond, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276
Dunn, A, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .264
Morse, RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292
Bernadina, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .252
Ramos, W, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .275
Gonzalez, Al, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
Lannan, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .091
Stammen, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
a-Mench, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Balester, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bisenius, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Batista, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
b-Kennedy, A, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Totals 28 0 2 0 0 6 4 .254
a-Grounded out for Stammen in the 6th. b-Lined out for Batista in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Ibanez (37, Lannan), Werth (45, Lannan), Ruiz 2 (27, Stammen, Bisenius), Utley (20, Bisenius).
HR: Werth (26, 2nd inning off Lannan, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Polanco 3; Utley 2; Werth 7; Ibanez 3; Ruiz 5.
RBI: Werth 4 (83), Ruiz (52), Polanco (52), Utley 2 (63).
2-out RBI: Werth 3; Ruiz; Polanco; Utley 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Howard; Halladay 3; Ibanez.
GIDP: Utley; Valdez, W.
Team RISP: 6-for-15.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Valdez, W 2 (7, 2nd base off Bisenius/Ramos, W, 3rd base off Bisenius/Ramos, W).

FIELDING
DP: (Utley-Valdez, W-Howard).

BATTING
TB: Dunn, A; Ramos, W.
GIDP: Gonzalez, Al.
Team LOB: 1.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Dunn, A-Desmond-Dunn, A, Espinosa-Dunn, A).

Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Halladay(W, 21-10) 9.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 2.44
Totals 9.0 2 0 0 0 6 0 3.69
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan(L, 8-8) 5.2 7 4 4 1 3 1 4.65
Stammen 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.13
Balester 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.89
Bisenius 0.2 3 4 4 2 2 0 9.64
Batista 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.81
Totals 9.0 12 8 8 4 7 1 4.16
WP: Lannan.
IBB: Valdez, W (by Stammen).
HBP: Utley (by Lannan).
Pitches-strikes: Halladay 97-65, Lannan 95-56, Stammen 10-4, Balester 21-16, Bisenius 26-14, Batista 14-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Halladay 12-4, Lannan 9-3, Stammen 1-0, Balester 3-0, Bisenius 0-0, Batista 0-0.
Batters faced: Halladay 28, Lannan 24, Stammen 3, Balester 6, Bisenius 7, Batista 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Stammen 2-1, Batista 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Todd Tichenor. 1B: Gary Cederstrom. 2B: Ed Hickox. 3B: Fieldin Culbreth.
Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:37.
Att: 14,309