Erick Fedde and Yan Gomes give the Nationals a winning combination against the Mets

To celebrate their fifth straight win, the Washington Nationals jumped over the dugout rail, some with hands raised, and headed to smother Yan Gomes near first base. Just moments before, Gomes had roped a liner to left, good for a walk-off single — and a 1-0 final score — on a Friday night that, until the ninth, wouldn’t bend for any hitter. The Nationals changed that with a leadoff walk for Juan Soto, a full-count single for Ryan Zimmerman while Soto took off for second, then Gomes’s decisive swing, connecting with a 99-mph fastball from New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz, that inched Washington up the National League East standings.