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PHOENIX (AP) — Add Nick Pivetta’s Tuesday night performance to the long list of quality outings by Philadelphia starters this season.He threw six scoreless innings http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-colin-moran-jersey , Nick Williams homered and the Phillies bounced back from their marathon loss the previous night to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2.Pivetta (7-9) scattered five hits, struck out six and walked one to get his first win in four starts.“The guys really picked me up on defense,” he said, “and we scored runs when we really needed them. I think the team really pulled together and made this happen today.”Pivetta had gone 2-6 in his 10 previous starts since June 1.“I think the organization has continued to show a great deal of confidence in Nick Pivetta,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said, “and this is Nick kind of rewarding the organization for its patience.”The Phillies, who blew a 2-0 lead in the ninth inning and lost 3-2 in 14 in a 4-hour, 38-minute game on Monday, led 5-0 after a four-run eighth.“We know how to take a punch,” Kapler said. “We took a punch last night and it was a hard one, but we bounced back again today. It is sort of the character of our club now. We get knocked down but we pop right back up.”Zack Greinke (12-7) allowed only Williams’ solo homer on three hits in seven innings but lost his second straight, despite giving up a combined three runs in the two outings. He’d gone 7-0 in his previous eight starts. Greinke struck out four and matched his season high with four walks.“It was all right,” he said. “A little wild early and it got better as the game went on. I felt good the whole time but I just wasn’t hitting the spots early.”Philadelphia is up by 1½ games on Atlanta in the NL East and Arizona dropped out of first in the NL West David Freese Jersey , a half-game behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.“Last night, that one hurt really bad,” Williams said. “But it’s baseball, you know.”The Phillies scored their second run on a bunt by Cesar Hernandez leading off the eighth when Arizona reliever Jake Diekman threw the ball away at first and, backing up the play, right fielder Steven Souza Jr. threw wildly to third.It was uncharacteristic for an Arizona team that leads the majors with a .990 fielding percentage.“Things broke down on us I the eighth inning,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “I know it wasn’t pristine. We play a good brand of baseball here and we are going to address some of those concerns and make sure we don’t do it again.”Asdrubal Cabrera’s bases-loaded double off Diekman brought in two more runs and Jorge Alfaro had an RBI single against reliever Brad Ziegler.Pat Neshek pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.Paul Goldschmidt doubled in a run and another scored on third baseman Maikel Franco’s fielding error in the eighth for Arizona but Eduardo Escobar grounded into the Diamondbacks’ fourth double play of the night to end the inning.Greinke, who had 25 walks all season entering the game, walked two in each of the first two innings and escaped both times.But Williams hit the first pitch of the third just over the right field fence to put the Phillies up 1-0.“I wasn’t looking for a certain pitch,” Williams said. “I was just looking for something up.”Greinke settled down from there.But Arizona could get nothing going against Pivetta.A.J. Pollock and Escobar opened the Diamondbacks’ fourth with singles before Steven Souza Jr. grounded into a double play. Pollock was stranded at third when Ketel Marte flew out to center.The Diamondbacks’ Nick Ahmed hit into double plays to end the second and seventh.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: INF J.P. Crawford (broken left hand) could be activated for Wednesday’s series finale, manager Gabe Kapler said, or the team could wait until after Thursday’s off day.Diamondbacks: CF Pollock was back in the lineup after two days off to rest his tired legs. Pollock made pinch-hit appearance in both of those games.UP NEXTRHP Vince Velasquez (8-8, 3.80 ERA) starts for the Phillies and LH Patrick Corbin (8-4 Tyler Glasnow Jersey , 3.31) goes for the Diamondbacks in the rubber match of the three-game series on Wednesday afternoon. WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals will be in a position few expected them to be in when they host the New York Mets Saturday in their third game of their series.Cy Young Award contender Jacob deGrom and the Mets downed the Nationals 4-2 Friday night and about an hour later the Atlanta Braves (86-68) defeated the Phillies, officially eliminating the Nationals from the NL East title race.The two-time defending division champion, Washington (77-77) enters Saturday eight games behind in the race for the second NL wild-card spot with eight games remaining.Article continues below ...Friday night the Nationals dropped their second straight to the Mets (72-82) as deGrom burnished his Cy Young Award credentials. He allowed one run on three hits over seven innings, turning his 23rd consecutive quality start — a major league record — and improving to 9-9 with a 1.77 ERA.“He’s just able to do things other guys aren’t,” Mets right fielder Jay Bruce said afterward. “He goes out there and it’s been pretty automatic. He’s either going to give up zero or one pretty much every time he goes out there.”Washington got a run off deGrom in the second, but he settled in, retiring the final seven batters he faced and 13 of the last 14.The Nationals got a run in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate twice, but Juan Soto struck out and Ryan Zimmerman flied out.“The talk in the clubhouse, as you see it again tonight, is they want to win every game,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez told MASN.com. “We had the tying run up. So, they’re not going to quit. I know they’re going to finish this out.”The Mets got three hits and a walk from catcher Devin Mesoraco, who hadn’t played since Sept. 3 due to a neck injury.New York leads the season series 10-7 with two games remaining.New York right-hander Corey Oswalt (3-2 http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-adam-frazier-jersey , 6.31 ERA) opposes right-hander Austin Voth (0-1, 11.81) in a 4:05 ET start Saturday.Oswalt is starting in place of Zack Wheeler, who was shut down after a dominant second half as he was close to pitching 100 more innings this season than a year ago.Last time out, Oswalt allowed one unearned run on three hits in 2 2/3 innings at Fenway Park. He took a no decision in the Mets’ 5-3 loss.Oswalt has pitched against the Nationals twice. He worked five innings and allowed one run on two hits in a no decision July 15 at Citi Field, and he gave up six runs in one inning of relief versus Washington on Aug. 26.Voth is stepping in for Tanner Roark, who is with his family after his wife had a baby this week. Voth, a rookie, is making his second career start and second against the Mets. On July 14 he allowed seven runs on nine hits over 4 1/3 innings versus New York and took the loss in a 7-4 defeat.With outfielder Adam Eaton suffering some stiffness in his knee, Victor Robles is getting some extra playing time in center.“You get some consistent at-bats in a row,” Martinez told MASN.com. “You just get to watch him play baseball all around. … Watch him play defense, watch him move around and run the bases. He’s a good athlete. It’s nice to see him go out there and play a few days in a row and see what he can do.”He went 1-for-4 against deGrom but cost the Nationals an early run when he took a bad route on Amed Rosario’s leadoff double.