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Nationals' top plays of 2022

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April 16: Soto splashes HR into Allegheny River

With a line drive that traveled through the tunnel in the right-field bleachers, Juan Soto became the 43rd Major League player to belt a homer at PNC Park that landed in the river

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April 29: 22 hits lead to lopsided ‘W’

The Nationals recorded season highs in at-bats, runs, hits, RBIs and winning margin in a 14-4 road victory over the Giants to snap an eight-game skid

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May 20: Nationals turn triple play

Maikel Franco, César Hernández and Josh Bell completed the second triple play in team history to stifle the Brewers in Milwaukee

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May 25: First to shut out Dodgers in ‘22

Starter Erick Fedde and relievers Carl Edwards Jr., Kyle Finnegan and Tanner Rainey combined to blank Los Angeles, 1-0, at Nationals Park

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June 3: Thomas goes deep 3x

Lane Thomas belted three home runs on consecutive at-bats against the Reds in front of friends and family in Cincinnati

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July 18: Soto captures Derby title

Juan Soto became the second player in Nationals history to win the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, when he walloped 53 homers at Dodger Stadium

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Sept. 1: Meneses crushes first career walk-off HR

Thirty-year-old rookie Joey Meneses connected on a three-run walk-off blast in the 10th inning against the Athletics, the Nats’ first of the season

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Sept. 9: Abrams dazzles with Defensive Play of the Week

Shortstop CJ Abrams made a diving stop to his right, popped up and nabbed Alec Bohm with a one-hop throw to first base at Citizens Bank Park