Nationals slug six homers to overwhelm Reds

Daylen Lile and Luis Garcia Jr. each had three hits, including two home runs and the Washington Nationals beat the host Cincinnati Reds 10-4 on Tuesday night.

Lile, from nearby Louisville, Ken., hit a solo home run in the fourth and a three-run shot in the fifth for his first career multi-homer game.

Garcia hit two solo home runs, and James Wood and Brady House also homered for the Nationals.

Lile and Garcia are the sixth pair of Nationals (2005-present) to have multi-home games in the same game and the first since Brian Dozier and Juan Soto (Aug. 18, 2019, in a 16-8 home win over the Brewers).

Washington right-hander Brad Lord (2-0) pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for the win.

Sal Stewart had three hits and JJ Bleday had two hits and two RBIs for the Reds.

Cincinnati's Brady Singer (2-3) stayed in the game after taking a 100-plus mph grounder from Lile off his right leg in the second inning. He gave up three runs on six hits over 3 2/3 innings.

The Nationals took a 2-0 lead in the third when Wood homered to left-center and Garcia followed with a long ball to right.

Lile, with a contingent of about 70 family members and friends on hand, led off the fourth with a home run to right.

The Reds answered in their half of the fourth. Singles by Elly De La Cruz and Stewart followed by a walk to Bleday loaded the bases against starter Miles Mikolas. Matt McLain grounded into a fielder's choice to score a run. After Will Benson walked, Lord came on. Tyler Stephenson reached on a fielding error by third baseman House and another run scored to pull the Reds within 3-2.

Garcia homered leading off the fifth for 4-2, then House walked and CJ Abrams singled. After Jacob Young grounded into a fielder's choice, Lile homered to right to make it 7-2.

Keibert Ruiz doubled in the eighth, and House hit a two-run homer.

Jose Tena doubled in Nasim Nunez in the ninth to make it 10-2, and Bleday hit a two-run single in the bottom half.

--Field Level Media