WASHINGTON -- Jazz Chisholm Jr. belted a late two-run shot, highlighting a three-run ninth-inning comeback for the Yankees in a 5-3 thriller over the Nationals on Friday night.
With one out in the ninth, Jasson Domínguez singled on a line drive to left field off Nationals reliever Matt Krook.
Chisholm followed with his 13th homer of the season, erasing a 3-2 deficit, high into the second deck of right field as a sellout crowd of 38,085 erupted at Nationals Park.
Austin Wells added a solo homer two batters later, the fourth homer on the night for the Bombers, who have won three of their last five.
Solo shots from Ben Rice and Domínguez staked the Yankees to a 2-1 advantage.
Rice connected with his career-high 29th home run of the season to put the Yankees up 1-0 nine pitches into the game. The All-Star and Home Run Derby participant has hit five homers in five games since July 6 and seven homers in his last 10 games.
Wells and Rice have combined for five homers in the last two games.
Domínguez delivered a go-ahead solo shot in the fourth inning, his fifth homer of the season, that went Statcast-projected 409 feet to right field.
“He's hitting balls right on the screws right at people,” manager Aaron Boone said pregame. “He did it a couple of times in the Tampa [Bay] series. Hopefully, he's starting to consistently square things up and when he's doing that he can do some special things out there with his speed and his power to all fields."
With the Yankees leading 2-1 and one away in the bottom of the seventh, Keibert Ruiz and James Wood hit back-to-back homers off lefty reliever Tim Hill.
Paul Goldschmidt ended an 0-for-34 drought with a single in the first inning.
The Yankees finished with 13 hits on the night and have 25 in the last two games. Goldschmidt, Domínguez, Cody Bellinger and José Caballero each had two hits.
Even with a no-decision Friday, it was a nice step forward for Ryan Weathers, who held the Nationals to one run on six hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out six and walking none on 91 pitches (61 strikes).