Rob Thomson ejected in the first inning and honestly, it might have been a strategic decision

Rob Thomson Ejected, Phillies Fall to Nationals in Embarrassing Fashion

If you thought the first series of the regular season was bad for the Phillies, how about a 13-2 loss on a Monday night to the Washington Nationals? The Nationals batted around in the 1st inning, scoring four runs. The inning consisted of bad Brandon Marsh jumps in centerfield, a questionable throw to home plate instead of first base from Edmundo Sosa, and Rob Thomson being ejected. Joey Wiemer, who came into tonight 6 for 6 on the year, grounde…

Phillies, Taijuan Walker lose to Nationals after rough first inning

Taijuan Walker gave up a lot of contact on Monday. (Madeline Ressler/Phillies Nation) Taijuan Walker struggled in his first start of the season on Monday as the Phillies lost to the Nationals, 13-2. Walker’s night, which concluded after allowing seven runs in 4 2/3 innings, got off to a rough start that he and his team didn’t recover from. Walker faced 10 batters and allowed four runs on five hits in the first inning. The Nationals put one hard-…

Phillies Rob Thomson tossed in 1st inning against the Nationals, Fans react

Philadelphia: After losing their first series to start the season, the Philadelphia Phillies need to rebound fast to get things back in order as they took on the Washington Nationals on Monday Night at Citizens Bank Park in South Philly & Taijuan Walker got the start. This game would not get off very well for the Phillies, as in the 1st inning, the Phillies thought they got the final out of the inning, but the Nationals challenged it and got the…

Rob Thomson ejected in the first inning and honestly, it might have been a strategic decision

Rob Thomson was ejected in the top of the first inning on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park and the sequence that caused it is one of those baseball rules situations where everyone is furious even after someone explains it. The short version. The first base umpire called the Nationals runner out at first for what appeared to be the third out. The runner heading back to third slowed down because the inning was apparently over. He got tagged. Th…