Werth becomes team's fifth 20-homer hitter (Nats win 2-1)

PHILADELPHIA - Thanks to yet another Jayson Werth home run at Citizens Bank Park, the Nationals have themselves yet another 20-homer guy on the roster.

Werth launched a titanic blast to straightaway center field in the top of the first tonight, sending Phillies left-hander Adam Morgan's pitch over the batter's eye and into a camera well. The drive, which measured 453 feet according to Statcast, was Werth's fourth homer in his last six games and his 20th of the season.

That means the Nationals now have five 20-homer hitters this season: Werth, Daniel Murphy (25), Bryce Harper (23), Wilson Ramos (20) and Danny Espinosa (20). That matches the club record set in 2013.

And with Anthony Rendon currently at 16 homers, there's a realistic chance for the Nationals to end the season with six 20-homer hitters, something that has been done only twice in National League history: by the 1965 and 2003 Braves.

This is the sixth time Werth has hit 20 homers in his career, the third time he's done it in six seasons with the Nationals. He pulled this feat off thanks in no small part to a late-summer power surge: He has hit eight homers in August, matching his career-high for a single month.

Update: Through four innings, we've got a pitchers' duel here in Philly. Werth's homer stands as the only run-producing moment of the night so far, with Gio Gonzalez and Adam Morgan battling head-to-head. Gonzalez has put only one man on base through four innings, has retired 11 in a row and has a modest pitch count of 63. Morgan, meanwhile, hasn't surrendered anything other than Werth's first-inning homer, keeping this a 1-0 Nationals lead as they head to the fifth.

Update II: Uh-oh, noted Nats pest Freddy Galvis has done it again. He homered off a 3-2 pitch from Gonzalez with one out in the bottom of the fifth, tying this game up 1-1. We were only two outs away from the game becoming official. It is now that the fifth is complete, but with the score tied, that doesn't really help much.

Update III: Wilson Ramos delivered yet another clutch hit, lining a 3-2, two-out pitch to right field in the top of the seventh, bringing Rendon home and giving the Nats a 2-1 lead. That's Ramos' 71st RBI of the season, and it was a big one. Blake Treinen, meanwhile, pitched a 1-2-3 seventh after Gonzalez departed following six innings of two-hit ball. It's 2-1 Nats in the eighth.

Update IV: That's a final. Nats win 2-1 and sweep the series. With Mark Melancon unavailable after pitching five of the last six days, it was Marc Rzepczynski who started the ninth (against a switch-hitter and a lefty) before Shawn Kelley entered to get the final out.