Nestor Cortes backed by 3 homers as Yankees edge Nationals

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Nestor Cortes pitched into the seventh inning to win his third straight start as the visiting New York Yankees beat the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Monday night.

Gleyber Torres, Austin Wells and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered for the Yankees, who have won five of their last six games. Anthony Volpe and Alex Verdugo had three hits each, and DJ LeMahieu had two RBIs.

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