It must have felt like a blast from the past for Giancarlo Stanton. The longtime Miami Marlin tormented the Nationals for years as a division rival, but his years with the Yankees have seen him face DC just 16 times. Game 17 tonight was a vintage Giancarlo vs. Washington performance: two hulking extra-base hits combining for five RBI. With the big night, he continued his hottest stretch in pinstripes and accounted for all the Bombers’ scoring in a series-clinching 5-1 victory in the Bronx.

The Nats actually got on the board first in this one thanks to a mental lapse from one of the Yankees’ best defenders. Robert Hassell III led off the third with a leadoff double to the wall against Luis Gil, then tried to score from second on a hard-hit single to left by CJ Abrams. It was an ill-advised

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