Washington Nationals at New York Yankees

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Washington Nationals

53-79, 27-40 Away

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New York Yankees

72-60, 40-28 Home

Stanton hits 451-foot homer, drives in 5 runs as Yankees beat Nationals 5-1

Washington Nationals vs. New York Yankees: Game Highlights

The Yankees won their third straight and remained a half-game behind Boston for the AL's top wild-card spot.

Stanton gave the Yankees a 5-1 lead when he lifted a slider from Orlando Ribalta about halfway up the left field bleachers for his fifth homer in seven games.

Stanton’s 446th career homer was the highlight of his first game with at least five RBI since May 12, 2022 against the White Sox. It was his eighth game with at least five RBI and one shy of his career high.

Stanton also hit a bases-clearing double off the top of the left field fence with two outs in the third to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead off Washington starter MacKenzie Gore (5-13).

New York starter Luis Gil (2-1) allowed five hits and one run in five innings. He walked four for the third time since returning from a lat strain, and struck out five.

Anthony Volpe returned after sitting out two games and went 0 for 4 .

CJ Abrams hit an RBI single off Gil in the third.

Gore allowed three runs and three hits in five innings. The left-hander fell to 1-5 since the All-Star break as the Nationals lost their fourth straight.

Key moment Gore allowed a double to Paul Goldschmidt and walked Aaron Judge and Bellinger ahead of Stanton’s double. Tim Hill retired Wood on a groundout with the bases loaded to end the sixth after relieving Fernando Cruz.

Key stat Stanton is hitting .346 (17 for 49) with runners in scoring position this season.

Up next New York LHP Max Fried (13-5, 3.14 ERA) opposes Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (1-0, 2.82) on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Wood grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Young struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hassell III struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Doval
	8th Inning	Goldschmidt grounded out to shortstop.
	8th Inning	Wells struck out swinging.

Statistics

WSH		NYY
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	11
12	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
15	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	177
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	12
37	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
3.6	Runs Created	5.0
.250	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.400
.188	Secondary Average	.467
.351	On Base Percentage	.351
.664	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.751
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
16.0	Batter Rating	36.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.78
.063	Isolated Power	.200
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.17
.108	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.189
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.267
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
71.3	MLB Rating	81.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0