innings against the Nationals, he allowed two runs, one earned.

"It is disappointing for Cliff to do his job and to get to the eighth inning and not shut them down," manager Ryne Sandberg said.

Former Phillie Jayson Werth still gets soundly booed, but he had the fans cheering after an error that led to three unearned runs in the first inning.

Werth dropped a Marlon Byrd fly ball in foul territory in the right-field corner. Byrd then crushed Stephen Strasburg's next pitch, a 96-m.p.h., four-seam fastball, for a three-run homer to right-centerfield.

"He just gave me another crack at it, and I put a good swing on the ball," Byrd said of Werth's miscue.

Washington started its comeback in the third inning, when leftfielder Tyler Moore, who entered the game batting .174,hit a solo home run to left.

Moore led off the fifth inning with a single and advanced to second when Chase Utley booted a potential double-play ball from Jose Lobaton, putting runners on first and second.

After committing 13 errors in their first 13 games, the Phillies made just one in their next 13 before Friday.

Strasburg sacrificed the runners to second and third, and Denard Span grounded out to Utley to knock in the second run.

As he returned to the dugout, Denard exchanged words with Lee, and both benches quickly emptied. There was a lot of talking, but no punches were thrown.

Span was upset about an inside pitch thrown during the at-bat. He had unsuccessfully requested a time-out and then had to elude the pitch.

"I made a pitch, and