Jorbit Vivas went 2-for-3 with a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning Tuesday in what turned out to be a loss to the Phillies.

Vivas was going to be the hero after taking Orion Kerkering deep and giving the Nationals an 8-6 lead in the bottom of the eighth tonight, but the Phillies had other ideas, scoring eight runs in the ninth. Vivas’s homer, his third in 228 plate appearances since he debuted with the Yankees last year, was sent 410 feet to center. That’s 23 feet farther than any other ball he’d hit as a major leaguer. He’s batting a respectable .259/.340/.353 in 162 plate appearances this season, but the start tonight was only his second in the Nationals’ last eight games, as he’s lost at-bats since Curtis Mead emerged.