Phillies Opening Day Recap: Phillies 11 - Nationals 1

The worst thing about Opening Day? Donovan Mcnabb stole a good part of the Phillies spotlight. The Phillies were ready to roll today as they did a little bit of everything and clobbered the Nationals. Halladay got off to a shaky start allowing an infield hit(followed by a stolen base) and a double by Ryan Zimmerman. Halladay however, never looked back. From that inning on Halladay was dominant and went 7 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 9. And the offense you ask? The offense did a little bit of everything but was started by Ryan Howard's 2-run smash off Josh Lannan to give the Phillies the lead. The Phillies manufactured runs, ran the bases aggressively, and were extremely patient drawing a whopping 9 walks. Polanco had the best game by far going 3-5 with 6 RBI including a Grand Slam.

The Phillies retake the field on Wednesday against the Nationals for Game 2 of the 3 game series as Cole Hamels is scheduled to take the mound for the Phillies.