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Yepez clobbered a three-run shot to turn a 5-1 lead for the Nationals to an 8-1 cushion, and essentially solidified the win The 26-year-old has gone deep four times and driven in 20 runs in his limited sample with Washington, and he’s hit .278/.329/.437 in the process.

All of the runs allowed were on homers to Bryce Harper, who hadn’t homered since August 9 prior to Saturday. He took Severino for a solo blast and then a two-run shot, and while he was fine outside of that, the Mets’ bullpen wasn’t good enough to protect a 4-3 lead after he left. He walked one and struck out five in a solid if unspectacular effort. Severino is scheduled to face the Phillies again Thursday.

Allard gave up a two-run triple to Starling Marte in the third and two more runs in the first. The left-hander was called up for the start Saturday in hopes he could give them more than Tyler Phillips and Seth Johnson have, and it was more of the same. It remains to be seen whether Allard will get another chance to pitch in the rotation.

Tena knocked a base hit to lead off the fourth inning and stole second before scoring on a base hit by Keibert Ruiz. He later took Valente Bellozo deep for a solo homer in the sixth. The 23-year-old third baseman has been solid in his limited time with the Nationals, slashing .306/.342/.434 with three homers and five steals across 117 plate appearances.

Yepez drew a walk in the first inning, then later took George Soriano deep for a solo homer in the eighth to give the Nationals an insurance run. It was Yepez’s sixth home run of the season while slashing .284/.340/.443 with 22 RBI across 203 plate appearances.

Finnegan was summoned to close out the game with a three-run lead in the ninth inning. He gave up leadoff single before inducing a ground ball double-play and striking out the final batter to end the game with his 38th save.

Corbin had an excellent outing against the Marlins on Saturday. He tossed a clean first inning, then gave up a run on a double and a base hit in the second. Corbin scattered just one more hit and one walk over four more scoreless innings, striking out six on his way to a win. The 35-year-old left-hander will take a 5.45 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, and a 132/52 K/BB ratio across 165 innings into a start against the Cubs in Chicago on Thursday.