Yankees pull off latest comeback with three homers in eighth innning to beat Nationals

WASHINGTON — For seven innings Saturday afternoon, the Yankees offense barely made a peep.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.Then in the eighth, they added to their recent collection of stirring rallies — joining the third inning Thursday against the Rays and the ninth inning Friday against the Nationals — to capture a third straight win.Ryan McMahon, Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt all homered in the eighth inning to turn a two-run deficit into a 4-2 win over the Nationals at a muggy Nationals Park.Leaning into the flair for the dramatic for a second straight day, the Yankees took advantage of a terrible Nationals bullpen — this was its 27th blown save — as they try to fully snap out of their recent funk and end the first half on a high note, with a chance for a sweep on Sunday.On a day when it was a grind for Cam Schlittler, he still gave the Yankees a chance to win by giving up two runs (both solo homers in the first inning) across 6 ⅔ innings. Still, they trailed 2-0 entering the eighth inning before finally coming alive.With one out, Ryan McMahon — who delivered the game-changing at-bat for a 12-pitch RBI double in Thursday’s win at Tropicana Field — provided another spark, belting a solo home run off Orlando Ribalta to pull the Yankees within 2-1.Then, after Ben Rice drew a walk to reach base for the fourth time, the Nationals countered by bringing in former Yankees prospect Clayton Beeter.

Grisham greeted him by clobbering a two-run shot to the second deck in right field that put the Yankees ahead 3-2.Goldschmidt, who snapped out of an 0-for-34 skid Friday night, then made it back-to-back by drilling a home run to left field for the insurance run.It was McMahon’s first home run since June 18, Grisham’s first since July 3 and Goldschmidt’s first since June 24.Fernando Cruz breezed through a seven-pitch bottom of the eighth b...