Trea Turner responded to a day off on Wednesday with two consecutive dominating performances at the plate. The Philadelphia Phillies would love for more of the same from Turner on Saturday when they play the third contest of the four-game series against the visiting Washington Nationals. Turner went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs in Philadelphia's 13-3 romp over Washington on Thursday.
He followed that up by capping a four-hit performance with a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning of a 3-2 win on Friday. "I think he just relaxed a little bit," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said of Turner benefiting from his day off. "You don't have to think about anything, you do some extra hitting in the cage, you work on some mechanical things.
Just kind of clear your head (on the off day)." Turner agreed. "Yeah, I got a chance to hit quite a bit on that day off and figure some things out," Turner told NBC Sports Philadelphia.
The National League East-leading Phillies appear to have figured some things out as well. They've answered a four-game skid by winning three in a row. They've also won seven of their eight meetings against the Nationals this season.
Washington provided a scare by rallying for two runs in the top of the ninth before being undone by Turner's heroics. "Obviously, we couldn't get the job done tonight," Nationals outfielder James Wood said, per the Washington Post. "But it was a good fight we put up in the ninth.
We're never out of the game." Wood collected three hi.