PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies manager Rob Thomson wasn't ready to talk about this week's showdown with the Mets on Sunday morning.

He instead wanted his club fully focused on taking care of business in that afternoon's series finale against the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park.

Safe to say the Phillies did exactly that in a 3-2 win to secure a series victory. Ranger Suárez was dominant once again, racking up a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven scoreless innings. That marked his second straight start with at least 10 strikeouts after he had recorded just two double-digit-strikeout outings in his first 111 career starts prior to this week.

Suárez has 21 strikeouts and zero walks over his past two starts while allowing only two runs over 13 2/3 innings. As a whole, Phillies starters poste

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