Washington Nationals

MLB Pipeline said Hacopian has an advanced feel at the plate and control of the strike zone.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Austin Wells hit ninth-inning home runs as the Yankees prevailed 5-3.

Sime has lofty aspirations — he said he wants to be a Hall of Famer — and is determined to get there.

Trailing 6-2 in the ninth, the Nationals made a late rally that fell short.

Washington scored 11 unanswered runs between the third and fifth innings, capped off by Wood’s homer.

He has a .791 OPS with 14 homers and, for the first time in his major league career, some comfort.

Cade Cavalli’s short start forced the bullpen to cover too many innings in an 11-5 loss.

Hassell, the No. 8 pick in the 2020 draft, was acquired from San Diego in the 2022 Juan Soto trade.

The score was tied 1-1 in the second, but the Pirates got to Nationals left-hander Carson Palmquist.

Daylen Lile had struggled after a promising end to last year. He might be finding his way.

Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was also suspended seven games. Nationals right-hander Miles Mikolas was handed a five-game suspension, and Red Sox outfielder Nate Eaton will serve a three-game ban.

​“There’s a history behind that word, and that’s just something that as a competitor, like in football or in basketball, playing ball with my brother, you don’t understand it, and then it gets perceived in a way that was not my intention,” Cavalli said.

In the middle of the fracas, Boston’s Willson Contreras tried to throw his helmet at Washington right-hander Cade Cavalli and instead hit first baseman Andrés Chaparro.

For as much as he has an aww-shucks demeanor, Cavalli showed that his competitive side can come out if pushed.

​“I’ve never felt anything [like that] on the mound, so I felt some stuff, and it was what it was,” Parker said. “Sucks, but we’re fine.”

The Nationals’ Achilles’ heel has been their pitching, and it continued to plague them Monday.

The Nationals were projected to lose 100 games, but they have become one of the more surprising teams in baseball. Will they be buyers at the deadline?

The team believes in its relievers, but it needs them to be better.