Suarez has career-high 11 strikeouts as Phils hold off Nats for 3-2 victory
VALLEY. THE DATE IS AUGUST 24TH. THE TIME IS 6:00. THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS SUPER SUNDAY EDITION OF NEWS EIGHT. TODAY I’M JACOB HUNZIKER ALONGSIDE METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN WITH A LOOK AT THE STORM TEAM. FORECAST. STEPPED OUTSIDE TODAY. FELT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT STICKINESS. NOT TOO BAD. NOT NOT QUITE AS COOL AS YESTERDAY. IS THAT GOING TO STICK AROUND? YEAH, IT’S GOING TO STICK AROUND TODAY. WE DO HAVE SOME SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF THE AREA RIGHT NOW THOUGH, AS WE TAKE A LOOK THROUGH OUR HERSHEY SKY CAM IT IS DRY. YOU CAN SEE THE ROADS, NO RAIN FALLING. WE DO HAVE CLOUDS OVERHEAD, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE OUT THERE. BUT AS I SHOW YOU OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK, YOU CAN SEE SOME SHOWERS APPROACHING. HARRISBURG, GETTYSBURG. CONTINUING TO MOVE ON TO THE EAST TOWARDS YORK AND LEBANON. AS I ZOOM IN, WE’VE GOT SOME DOWNPOURS IN AND AROUND NEW BLOOMFIELD, LANDISBURG EXTENDING DOWN TOWARDS NEWVILLE, HEADING TOWARDS CARLISLE. AND THEN WE HAVE A LINE THAT’S IN HARRISBURG EXTENDING DOWN ROUTE 15 INTO DILLSBURG. AND THIS IS ALL MOVING TO THE EAST TOWARDS LINGLESTOWN AND HERSHEY. YORK HAVEN SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING IN THERE. MORE RAIN DOWN TO THE SOUTH NEAR BIGLERVILLE, GETTYSBURG. AND THAT IS GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS NEW OXFORD AND HANOVER. LITTLESTOWN, EAST BERLIN. SO IF YOU’RE GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT, YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE THAT UMBRELLA WITH YOU. TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS THE AREA AND DEW POINTS YESTERDAY WE WERE IN THE UPPER 50S ALL AFTERNOON. NOW WE’RE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S AND EXPECT THESE NUMBERS TO STAY HERE TODAY, SO IT WILL FEEL STICKY TO MUGGY AT TIMES. YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST CALLS FOR SHOWERS THIS MORNING. A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, MAYBE A LITTLE PEEK OF SUNSHINE AS WELL. AND THEN LATER TODAY WE’LL BE WATCHING FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA, AND SOME OF THEM COULD CONTAIN SOME GUSTY WINDS, NOT EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER, BUT DON’T BE SURPRISED IF THEY DO HAVE SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SOME BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. AS I JUST MENTIONED, TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT AROUND 80 DEGREES. A FEW SPOTS MAY EVEN SNEAK INTO THE LOW 80S. THIS IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE TEN DAY FORECAST. I’LL SHOW YOU THE FALL LIKE WEATHER THAT’S HEADED OUR WAY. COMING UP. MARY ELLEN. THANK YOU. WELL, TONIGHT THE RAMP FROM 19TH STREET TO NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 83 IN HARRISBURG WILL CLOSE. PENNDOT SAYS THIS IS A LONG TERM CLOSURE UNTIL THE NEW 19TH STREET BRIDGE AND INTERCHANGE IS CONSTRUCTED. THE CLOSURE IS SET TO START AT NINE TONIGHT, AND WORK ISN’T EXPECTED TO FINISH ON THIS PROJECT UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2027. THE DETOUR WILL TAKE DRIVERS ALONG PAXTON STREET TO 32ND AND THEN WAYNE STREET, WHERE THEY CAN GET ON I-81. 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PLANS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 25TH. WE’RE TOLD THAT PENNDOT IS ALSO PLANNING ROLLING STOPS ON I-81 NEAR SHIPPENSBURG, FRANKLIN COUNTY TOMORROW. IT SAYS THIS IS A PRECAUTION FOR BLASTING DURING CONSTRUCTION NEAR EXIT 24 FOR ROUTE SIX. 96 FAYETTEVILLE. THE STOP IS EXPECTED AROUND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON AND SHOULD LAST ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING IN YORK COUNTY. DISPATCHERS SAY CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A MAJOR BARN FIRE IN HELLAM TOWNSHIP. THIS IS ON HILLVIEW ROAD NEAR PICKING ROAD. THIS IS SOME FOOTAGE THAT A VIEWER SENT TO US OF VIDEO FROM NEARBY. DISPATCHERS SAY HILLVIEW ROAD IS CLOSED IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THIS TIME. OF COURSE, WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY AND LET YOU KNOW MORE DETAILS AS SOON AS WE LEARN THEM. THIS MORNING. WELL, THIS WEEK, YORK WATER AND WASTEWATER CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON PROPOSED RATE CHANGES. 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Suarez has career-high 11 strikeouts as Phils hold off Nats for 3-2 victory
Updated: 5:02 PM EDT Aug 24, 2025
Ranger Suárez struck out a career-high 11 in seven shutout innings and backup catcher Rafael Marchán provided all the offense for Philadelphia with three RBIs and the Phillies held on for a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.The Phillies have won six of seven and have a seven-game lead over the New York Mets in the NL East heading into their three-game series at Citi Field beginning Monday night.Suarez (10-6) allowed only three hits. It was his second consecutive game with double-digit strikeouts after getting 10 against Seattle last week. Marchan had a two-run double in the second inning and a bases-loaded walk in the third to pace the Phillies. Orion Kerkering allowed Luis Garcia Jr.’s pinch-hit homer with one out in the ninth, but retired the final two batters for his fourth save. The Phillies generated a lot of base runners off Washington starter Jake Irvin (8-9). Irvin lasted just 2 1/3 innings — the shortest outing of his Major League career — and allowed three runs and six hits.Phillies left-hander Tanner Banks entered the game in the eighth inning after Jose Alvarado loaded the bases with no outs. Banks got James Wood to ground into a double play to score one run and then got C.J. Abrams to fly out to escape the jam. Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader has faced Irvin eight times in his career. He has reached base seven times and has six hits. Washington RHP Brad Lord (4-6, 3.46 ERA) is scheduled to start in the opener of a three-game series in New York against the Yankees on Monday.LHP Cristopher Sanchez (11-4, 2.46) will start for Philadelphia in the first game of a three-game series in New York against the Mets and RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 2.58).
PHILADELPHIA —
Ranger Suárez struck out a career-high 11 in seven shutout innings and backup catcher Rafael Marchán provided all the offense for Philadelphia with three RBIs and the Phillies held on for a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.
The Phillies have won six of seven and have a seven-game lead over the New York Mets in the NL East heading into their three-game series at Citi Field beginning Monday night.
Suarez (10-6) allowed only three hits. It was his second consecutive game with double-digit strikeouts after getting 10 against Seattle last week.
Marchan had a two-run double in the second inning and a bases-loaded walk in the third to pace the Phillies.
Orion Kerkering allowed Luis Garcia Jr.’s pinch-hit homer with one out in the ninth, but retired the final two batters for his fourth save.
The Phillies generated a lot of base runners off Washington starter Jake Irvin (8-9). Irvin lasted just 2 1/3 innings — the shortest outing of his Major League career — and allowed three runs and six hits.
Phillies left-hander Tanner Banks entered the game in the eighth inning after Jose Alvarado loaded the bases with no outs. Banks got James Wood to ground into a double play to score one run and then got C.J. Abrams to fly out to escape the jam.
Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader has faced Irvin eight times in his career. He has reached base seven times and has six hits.
Washington RHP Brad Lord (4-6, 3.46 ERA) is scheduled to start in the opener of a three-game series in New York against the Yankees on Monday.
LHP Cristopher Sanchez (11-4, 2.46) will start for Philadelphia in the first game of a three-game series in New York against the Mets and RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 2.58).