Yoenis Cespedes homered and doubled twice, David Wright hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning and the New York Mets ended Washington's five-game winning streak, beating the Nationals 8-5 Monday to open a key NL East series. Michael Conforto and Kelly Johnson also homered for New York, which increased its division lead to five games over the Nats with 25 remaining. Dario Alvarez (1-0), pitching in the majors for the first time this season, faced only one batter - Bryce Harper - and struck him out to get his first major league win.
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