The rookie Zack Godley pitched six scoreless innings to continue a stellar start to his career, and the Arizona Diamondbacks homered four times and then hung on to beat the Nationals, 6-4, in Washington on Monday night.
Nick Ahmed homered and had four hits as the Diamondbacks improved to 5-2 on a 10-game trip while handing the Nationals their fourth straight loss and helping to drop them behind the Mets in the National League East.
Godley became the second Arizona pitcher to win in each of his first three major league outings.
David Peralta and Welington Castillo added back-to-back homers off Nationals starter Doug Fister (4-7), and Jake Lamb hit a high-arcing shot in the ninth in Jonathan Papelbon’s home debut in Washington.