Despite allowing two early home runs, Corbin exhibited his season-long consistency by keeping his team in the game. The Nationals overcame the initial deficit and secured a 6-5 victory, powered by a four-run seventh inning and resilient relief pitching from Kyle Finnegan in the ninth.
Corbin surrendered a first-inning homer to Aaron Judge, his fourth consecutive game yielding a long ball. Gleyber Torres added a two-run homer in the third, but Corbin settled in afterward. The tide turned for the Nationals with back-to-back home runs in the seventh, first a two-run shot from Alex Call, followed by one from CJ Abrams.
The Nationals (59-69) have emerged victorious in six of their last seven series, including the past four. On the contrary, the Yankees (61-66) have suffered defeats in 10 of their last 11 games.
“The only mistake breaking ball that I made today was the one resulting in the two-run homer,” said Corbin. “However, aside from that, I consistently hit the corners and induced some chase pitches when necessary. Overall, giving up only three runs while keeping us in the game was a positive outcome, and we were just one swing away from coming back, which we ultimately achieved.”
The game featured some late-inning drama after the Nationals took a 5-3 lead in the seventh. Giancarlo Stanton’s solo home run in the eighth inning off Jordan Weems narrowed the gap to one run. Joey Meneses provided an insurance run in the ninth inning with an infield single, before Stanton added an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. However, Finnegan held on and secured the win by inducing a deep center flyout from Harrison Bader, leaving the tying runner stranded on second base.
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