Nats rout Yankees 11-4 on late homers and 3 errors

NEW YORK (AP) — Washington burst ahead in a six-run eighth inning that included three errors and Josh Harrison's three-run homer, and the National beat the New York Yankees 11-4 Friday night to stop a three-game skid.

With the score tied at 3 on a chilly night, Yadiel Hernández lined a single against Jonathan Loaisiga (3-2) that right fielder Aaron Judge allowed to bounced off his glove for his first error since Sept. 30, 2018.

Victor Robles followed with a sacrifice bunt up the third-base line and reached when DJ LeMahieu, moved across the diamond a day after Gio Urshela injured his left knee, threw wide of first.

Trea Turner hit a go-ahead single and Harrison, batting .325 on the season, drove a 1-0 fastball into the left-field stands for a 7-3 lead.

Kyle Schwarber hit a run-scoring single off Luis Cessa and shortstop Gleyber Torres allowed Yan Gomes' grounder to bounced past his glove for a run-scoring error.

Juan Soto, making his first start after missing 10 games with a strained shoulder, added a two-run homer against Cessa in the ninth.

New York's bullpen had a major league-best 2.24 ERA through Wednesday but Chad Green wasted a 3-2, eighth-inning lead in a 7-4 loss to Houston on Thursday, and Loaisiga and Cessa combined to allow eight runs — six earned — in two innings.

The Yankees lost their second straight following a five-game winning streak and dropped back to .500 at 16-16.

Kyle Finnegan (2-0) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win. Washington's bullpen entered with 28 consecutive outs before Finnegan walked Gary Sánchez, his second batter in the seventh. A streak of 36 outs for Nats relievers ended when Clint Frazier hit an RBI single off Will Harris in the ninth.

LeMahieu hit solo opposite-field homers to right in the first and fifth innings off...

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