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06/27 21:40 CDT Daylen Lile's RBI single in 10th lifts Nationals over Orioles,
4-3
Daylen Lile's RBI single in 10th lifts Nationals over Orioles, 4-3
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) --- Daylen Lile hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, Luis
Garca Jr. homered as part of a four-hit day and the Washington Nationals beat
the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Saturday night.
The Nationals snapped a four-game losing streak. Baltimore has dropped three of
four.
Lile singled off Ryan Helsley (0-4) to lead off the 10th and bring in automatic
runner Dylan Crews.
Clayton Beeter (3-1) pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for Washington. Justin Lawrence
escaped a bases-loaded jam by inducing Samuel Basallo's game-ending groundout
in his Nationals debut to earn his first save since 2024.
Washington starter Foster Griffin allowed an unearned run on three hits and two
walks in seven innings while throwing 112 pitches, the most by a Nationals
pitcher since Patrick Corbin had 113 against Pittsburgh on June 28, 2022.
Griffin tied his career high with nine strikeouts.
The Orioles quickly attacked Washington's struggling bullpen when they finally
got the chance in the eighth. Chadwick Tromp singled off PJ Poulin, then moved
up on a passed ball. Poulin retired the next two batters, but Pete Alonso
greeted Orlando Ribalta with a double to left to make it 3-2. Alonso came
around to tie it on pinch hitter Basallo's single.
The Nationals opened the scoring in the second when Lile doubled and then
scored on Jorbit Vivas' single. The Orioles tied it in the bottom of the inning
on Tromp's two-out RBI single.
Garca gave the Nationals a 2-1 lead when he led off the fifth with a 418-foot
blast to right off Orioles starter Brandon Young. Baltimore third baseman Blaze
Alexander committed fielding and throwing errors on Vivas' leadoff grounder in
the sixth. Drew Millas singled to drive in Vivas two batters later.
Young allowed two runs on seven hits in five innings and recorded a career-high
eight strikeouts.
Up next
Washington RHP Zack Littell (6-6, 5.40 ERA) faces Baltimore RHP Kyle Bradish
(5-7, 3.64) in Sunday's series finale.
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