New York took two of three games in the season-opening series.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Yankees did not let the Washington Nationals toot their own horn — the reigning World Series champs had an actual, honest-to-goodness trumpet in their dugout — because Gleyber Torres homered in the seventh inning and hit a go-ahead single in the eighth to rally New York to a 3-2 victory Sunday. On a sunny afternoon, with the temperature topping 90, the Yankees trailed 2-0 entering the seventh before the Nationals’ bullpen blew the lead. New York took two of three games in the season-opening series. Washingon left-hander Patrick Corbin retired New York’s first 11 batters and 18 of the first 19, Trea Turner homered off Jonathan Loaisiga, and Eric Thames provided an RBI single. But with one out in the seventh, Torres took Corbin deep on a first-pitch fastball to make it 2-1. That was it for Corbin, and Nationals manager Dave Martinez turned to a key new reliever, Will Harris, expected to help the team fare better in late innings than it did for much of 2019. Harris surrendered a tying homer to Luke Voit, who flexed his biceps as he returned to the dugout. In the eighth, after lefty reliever Sean Doolittle (0-1) put men on via a walk and single, Torres pushed New York ahead with his third hit of the day.
