The schedule turned Charmin-soft once again on Monday and, once again, the Yankees were ready.
Thrilled to have the Red Sox leave town after needing a victory Sunday night to avoid a four-game sweep, the Yankees, behind six scoreless innings from seed-throwing rookie Cam Schlittler and home runs from Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jasson Dominguez, pounded the horrible Nationals, 10-5, in front of 36,939 at the Stadium.
Leading 10-0 entering the ninth, Yerry de los Santos, working his third inning in relief of Schlittler, walked in a run with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth, giving way to Mark Leiter Jr., who allowed a grand slam to Jacob Young, which made it 10-5.
Schlittler, who took a perfect game into his previous start against the Rays and instead settled for 6 2/3 scor