Conforto zone: 2 homers key victory

WASHINGTON — Michael Conforto hit two home runs and slumping Jose Reyes also connected, leading the Mets over the Nationals 5-3 Saturday.

The banged-up Mets had lost six in a row when they began the series at Nationals Park against the team with the best record in the majors. Behind their power and bullpen, the Mets beat the Nationals for the second straight day.

Conforto’s two-run homer in the fifth gave the Mets a 3-1 lead and his sixth home run of the season made it 4-2 in the eighth. It was Conforto’s second multihomer game in the majors. As a rookie, he did it in Game 4 of the 2015 World Series against the Royals.

“It’s huge, but we had a feeling this was coming,” Conforto said. “We have a lot of faith in ourselves. Things were going bad for a bit, but there’s no panic in here.”

Hansel Robles (4-0) came in to start the sixth and retired five of the six batters he faced, striking out four. Jeurys Familia, pulled Friday night in the ninth while the Nationals tried to rally, retired three straight hitters to earn his first save.

Familia, who led the majors with a team-record 51 saves last year, began this season serving a 15-game suspension for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy.

Stephen Strasburg (2-1) gave up three runs in seven innings. He has gone exactly seven innings in all five of his starts this season.

Bryce Harper of the Nationals was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. Harper also struck out three times Friday.

Before the game, the Nationals placed OF Adam Eaton on the 10-day DL with a left knee strain and recalled OF Rafael Bautista from Triple-A Syracuse.