Nats win, Nats win. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Nationals 6, Phillies 5: While technically the game finished well before what we consider “last night,” we only get to celebrate this once a year: the Nationals won for the first time this season yesterday. Wilie Harris certainly earned the right to don the post-game silver Elvis wig as the player of the game; his two-run homer in the fourth off Phils starter Kyle Kendrick pushed the Nats to a 5-2 lead. But it was consistency at the top of the lineups that really put a win on the board. The first four hitters in the D.C. lineup went 7-for-14 with three extra base hits, while Washington also got RBIs from positions two through five in the lineup. And is that a bullpen I see? Tyler Clippard (who picked up the win), Brian Bruney and Matt Capps (earning his first save as a Nat) got through the final 3 2/3 innings without allowing a run, no small feat against a lineup that’s battered Nationals pitching this Opening Week. One man who certainly won’t be missed around Nationals Park: Phils third baseman Placido Polanco. Polanco extended a 23-game hit streak against Washington with another two hits yesterday, and he moves on boasting a torrid .500 average in his first three games.

But back to the point: winning! And no rain delay! What more could you ask for?