Castro has RBI double in 2-run 11th, Nationals beat Rays 9-7

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Starlin Castro drove in a run with a double during a two-run 11th inning and the Washington Nationals beat the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 9-7 on Wednesday night.

Castro opened the 11th with his hit against Diego Castillo (2-3) and came home on a sacrifice fly by Josh Harrison to make it 9-7.

Tanner Rainey had runners on first and second with no outs in the bottom of the inning but escpaed for his first save. He struck out Manuel Margot, got a fielder's choice grounder from Yandy Díaz and fanned Austin Meadows.

Ryan Zimmerman had his 27th career multihomer game and Juan Soto also went deep for the Nationals, who had lost 9 of 12.

Tampa Bay rookie Taylor Walls hit his first big league homer and Joey Wendle connected on his first pinch-hit home run. The Rays are 20-5 since May 13.

Yan Gomes had an RBI single and Kyle Schwarber added a sacrifice fly that put Washington up 7-5 in the 10th.

Randy Arozarena had a leadoff run-scoring triple in the bottom half against Brad Hand and scored to make it 7-7 on Wendle’s single.

Zimmerman tied it at 3 on a third-inning solo shot off Shane McClanahan, and put the Nationals ahead 5-3 on a two-run blast against Jeffrey Springs during the fifth.

Walls got Tampa Bay within one on his seventh-inning solo homer off Kyle Finnegan before Wendle pulled the Rays even at 5 on his drive in the eighth against Daniel Hudson.

Soto hit a two-run homer in the first. All eight of his homers have come on the road.

Patrick Corbin walked his first three batters during a 35-pitch first inning before the Rays took a 3-2 lead on Arozarena’s two-run single off the center-field wall and a sacrifice fly by Mike Brosseau.

Corbin overcame the rough first to go five innings in which he allowed three runs, three hits, walked four...

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