This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/nationals as Cade Cavalli's Long-Awaited Success Giving Nationals 'A Great Lift'. Three years after his Major League debut and five years after he was drafted 22nd overall, Cade Cavalli earned his first career MLB win for the Washington Nationals.

It took Cade Cavalli nearly three years to make it back to a major league mound after his debut. He needed just three starts after his return to earn his first victory.

In his third MLB game back after Tommy John surgery, the righty blanked the first-place Phillies over seven impressive innings of a 2-0 win at Nationals Park.