Matt Wieters faced an uncomfortable few minutes in the bottom of the second inning on a chilly but sunny day at Nationals Park.
But the Washington catcher, after a rare change in pitchers after just five batters, hit a solo home run off former teammate T.J. McFarland as the Nationals beat the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 to salvage the finale of the three-game series Sunday.
It was just the second win in eight games for the Nationals (12-16), who improved to 4-9 at home.
Wieters, the No. 6 hitter in the Nationals lineup, took a ball from Arizona left-handed starter Robbie Ray to lead off the last of the second.