Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals

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Cincinnati Reds

56-59, 27-28 Away

Final
3 - 5

Washington Nationals

57-61, 24-34 Home

Lile and Ford homer to give the Nationals all their runs in a 5-3 victory over the Reds

Cincinnati Reds vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Eugenio Suárez, Matt McLain and Elly De La Cruz went deep for the Reds, but they were all solo shots and De La Cruz also made a crucial first-inning error at shortstop. Cincinnati lost for only the second time in eight games.

Cade Cavalli (9-5) allowed the three Cincinnati homers but managed his sixth straight quality start. He yielded seven hits and two walks in six-plus innings, striking out eight. The right-hander was pulled in the seventh after a single, a stolen base and then a slow roller that turned into another single.

Yovanny Cruz came on and got a strikeout before issuing a walk. Sal Stewart then bounced into a double play with the bases loaded. Stewart, who also hit into a double play in the fifth with runners on first and second, fired his helmet into the ground in frustration.

Orlando Ribalta worked the eighth and Clayton Beeter finished for his 12th save.

With a runner on first and one out in the first, Brady House hit a sharp grounder toward De La Cruz. The Cincinnati shortstop couldn't handle it, and instead of an inning-ending double play, the error left runners on first and third.

Lile followed with his 15th homer to give Washington a 3-0 lead.

The Reds tied it by the third. Suárez homered in the second, then McLain and De La Cruz hit back-to-back solo shots an inning later.

Ford put Washington back ahead with a two-run drive off Julian Garcia (2-3).

In a bullpen game, Chase Petty made his first start for Cincinnati since May 23. The first pitch was delayed 62 minutes due to the threat of rain.

Washington's CJ Abrams leads the major leagues with 88 RBI, one more than Stewart. Neither drove in a run Friday.

Cincinnati's Héctor Rodríguez doubled in the fourth for his first career hit.

Nationals pitcher Zack Littell, designated for assignment earlier in the week, was given his unconditional release Friday.

Up next All-Star Chase Burns (13-1) starts for the Reds on Saturday night against Andrew Alvarez (2-3) of the Nationals.

This story has been corrected to show Stewart grounded into his first double play in the fifth inning, not the fourth.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	I. Johnson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	I. Johnson hit for Hayes
	9th Inning	Marte grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Rodríguez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Beeter relieved Ribalta
	8th Inning	Crews flied out to center.

Statistics

CIN		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
128	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	14
35	Plate Appearances	32
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
4.8	Runs Created	3.7
.219	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.563	Slugging Percentage	.467
.469	Secondary Average	.267
.286	On Base Percentage	.281
.848	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.748
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
33.0	Batter Rating	35.0
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.66	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.47
.344	Isolated Power	.233
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
.250	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.033
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.3	MLB Rating	82.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0