PHILADELPHIA -- The sold-out crowd at Citizens Bank Park roared in anticipation just moments after Harrison Bader struck out to end the eighth inning.

The lights hadn't even been turned off. The flames and tarantulas were nowhere to be found yet. The music hadn't started playing.

But with the Phillies clinging to a one-run lead, they knew it was time for Jhoan Duran . To this point in his brief Phillies tenure, that meant one thing: Game over.

However, that wasn't the case on Friday night against the Nationals.

After Duran made quick work of Luis García Jr. with a three-pitch strikeout, he jumped ahead 0-2 against Dylan Crews. But Duran's next offering -- a 101.9 mph four-seamer -- didn't get off the plate as much as he hoped and Crews grounded it down the right-field line for a one-

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