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MLB: Washington 9, Philadelphia 7

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A three-run double in the eighth inning by Cristian Guzman helped vault Washington to a 9-7 victory over Philadelphia Wednesday.

The Phillies dropped three games behind the New York Mets in their fight for the National League East pennant.

Philadelphia took a 4-3 lead into the seventh, but Ryan Zimmerman tied it with his 11th homer of the year. The Nationals then got to Chad Durbin (5-4) for four runs in the eighth.

Kory Casto led off the inning with a single and gave way to pinch-runner Pete Orr. One out later, Roger Bernadina singled Orr to third and pinch-hitter Ronnie Belliard's single brought in Orr with the go-ahead run.

Emilio Bonifacio then drew a walk to load the bases and Guzman hit a 2-0 pitch from Durbin to deep center, clearing the bases.

Saul Rivera (5-5) pitched the eighth inning to get the win. Joel Hanrahan surrendered two runs in the ninth before striking out Jayson Werth to end the game.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 09/04/2008

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