Jeremy Guthrie turned 38 on Saturday and was pitching in the majors for the first time since 2015. It’s safe to say his 39th will probably be better: his final line on Saturday evening was 10 runs, six hits and four walks in two-thirds of an inning as the Washington Nationals lost 17-3 to the Philadelphia Phillies.

Guthrie’s nightmare first inning gave the veteran an ERA of 135.00 for the evening, and season. And while that figure will surely come down if Guthrie plays in the majors again this season it is hardly an anomaly: he is the only pitcher in MLB history to leave a game after giving up 10 runs or more twice. In 2015 during his time with the Royals he was pulled after giving up 11 runs to the Yankees in the second inning.

Corey Seidman (@CoreySeidmanCSN) Jeremy Guthrie's been around 13 years, and the Phillies did so much damage in that 1st inning that his career ERA rose from 4.37 to 4.42

The Nationals’ previous worst inning was a 10-spot by the Milwaukee Brewers on 18 April 2010. For Nationals skipper Dusty Baker, it was just a bad dream that wouldn’t end. “It was like a nightmare out there,” Baker said. “That’s the most runs starting out a game that I can ever remember. That was a real bad loss.”

Phillies manager Pete Mackanin had to appreciate his team’s record start to Saturday’s game – they scored 12 runs for the biggest first inning in team history. “It’s one of those games that you love to be on our side,” Mackanin said. “It was fun. You get a game like that, you have to enjoy it.”

Philadelphia piled up nine hits and four walks off Jeremy Guthrie and Enny Romero in the first. The Phillies didn’t hit any homers in the inning, but did have three doubles. Maikel Franco, Michael Saunders and Tommy Joseph each had two RBIs while Washington set a team mark for runs allowed in an inning. Kendrick had three hits and four RBIs for the game, Saunders had three hits and two RBIs and Cameron Rupp homered and drove in three.

“You always want to be the team doing that,” Kendrick said. “You just cherish it.”

Andres Blanco also homered for Philadelphia, who snapped a seven-game home losing streak to the Nationals while winning for just the second time in the last 15 overall against Washington.

Saunders was a homer shy of the cycle. The Nats put their first two batters on base in the first, and then Murphy laced a one-out single to right, but third base coach Bob Henley held Trea Turner to load the bases for Ryan Zimmerman. Zimmerman grounded sharply to third, and Franco made a strong play to step on the bag and fire to first base for a 5-3, inning-ending double play.