Cade Cavalli earned his first major league victory, James Wood hit a two-run double, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Saturday.

Cade Cavalli earned his first major league victory, James Wood hit a two-run double, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0 on Saturday. Cavalli struck out five and scattered seven hits over seven innings for Washington. The last-place Nationals have won three of four.

The Philadelphia Phillies expect to welcome back one of their star pitchers on Sunday, a day after they placed another on the injured list. Aaron Nola will make his long-awaited return to the rotation on as the Phillies vie for a split of their four-game series against the host Washington Nationals.

After bashing back-to-back homers on Friday, Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber went 0-for-8 in a 2-0 loss on Saturday.

Philadelphia Phillies got stuck in Cincinnati area due to plane trouble. But workers in two cities got them ready for their opening game in Washington.

The Phillies had a baserunning miscue in both of the first two innings. Trea Turner doubled down the right-field line to lead off the game and then tried to steal his third base in two days. Cavalli caught him before throwing a pitch to Kyle Schwarber, stepping off the rubber and easily throwing Turner out at third.

For at least one week, the Phillies’ starting rotation will go from a handful to a six pack. Aaron Nola met the team here Thursday and will come back from three months on the injured list to start Sunday,

Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Phillies beat the Nationals 6-2 to snap a three-game skid.