On a Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the Nationals and Yankees played their final game of their season series. They played a few weeks ago in Washington where the Nats won both games. Last night the Yankees won 6-1, the only run for the Nats came on a Bryce Harper home run. Today the Nats were looking to take the season series.
The Nats got on the board in the top of the third on a Denard Span RBI double that scored Danny Espinosa. In the top of the fifth the Nats went up 2-0 thanks to a Espinosa home run into the right centerfield bullpen.
The Yanks stormed right back scoring four runs in the seventh inning to go up 4-2. Brendan Ryan got it started with an RBI triple. Brett Gardner followed with a double to bring Ryan home to tie the game. Alex Rodriguez then hit a double to score Gardner and Brian McCann singled to score ARod.
The Nats responded in the top of the eighth. After Ian Desmond got on base, Michael Taylor smacked a home run into the right field seats to tie the game at 4. The game would remain tied and go to extra innings. In the top of the 11th with two outs and Tyler Moore on third Span came up with a chance to put the Nats in front. He hit a ground ball to second baseman Stephen Drew and used his speed to beat the throw by Drew to first base which scored Moore. In the bottom of the 11th Drew Storen slammed the door to give the Nats the 5-4 win.
The Nats will continue their eight game road trip tomorrow night with a four game series in Milwaukee with Tanner Roark getting the start on the mound.
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