WASHINGTON (AP) -- Steven Souza Jr. hit his 13th home run of the season and Curt Casali blasted the first of his career to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Washington Nationals 5-0 on Wednesday night.Souza and Casali each had three hits, with Souza doing so while returning to his former home park.Matt Andriese (2-1) pitched four shutout innings of relief for the AL East-leading Rays. Reliever-turned-starter Steve Geltz went six up, six down in what manager Kevin Cash called a bullpen game.Jordan Zimmermann (5-5) allowed three runs in seven innings innings for Washington. 
The Nationals committed three errors and had just two hits, one night after belting out 23 in a 16-4 victory over the Rays in Tampa.Souza made his major league debut with Washington and played in 21 games. On the final day of the season, made a diving catch in left field to preserve Zimmermann's no-hitter against the Miami Marlins.The Rays acquired the 26-year-old outfielder this offseason in a three-team trade that also included the San Diego Padres.Souza punctuated his first trip back to Nationals Park by leading off the fifth inning by blasting Zimmermann's 1-1 slider into the Rays' left-field bullpen, roughly 75 feet beyond the spot of his famous catch.Casali followed Souza's blast two batters later with a line-drive shot.The Rays made it 3-0 in the sixth when Ian Desmond bobbled Logan Forsythe's potential double-play grounder, and 5-0 in the eighth when Blake Treinen and Bryce Harper each committed throwing errors on Souza's bunt single.
The Nationals committed three errors and had just two hits, one night after belting out 23 in a 16-4 victory over the Rays in Tampa.Souza made his major league debut with Washington and played in 21 games. On the final day of the season, made a diving catch in left field to preserve Zimmermann's no-hitter against the Miami Marlins.The Rays acquired the 26-year-old outfielder this offseason in a three-team trade that also included the San Diego Padres.Souza punctuated his first trip back to Nationals Park by leading off the fifth inning by blasting Zimmermann's 1-1 slider into the Rays' left-field bullpen, roughly 75 feet beyond the spot of his famous catch.Casali followed Souza's blast two batters later with a line-drive shot.The Rays made it 3-0 in the sixth when Ian Desmond bobbled Logan Forsythe's potential double-play grounder, and 5-0 in the eighth when Blake Treinen and Bryce Harper each committed throwing errors on Souza's bunt single.
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