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06/13 18:19 CDT Luis Garca Jr. homers and CJ Abrams gets 3 hits to help
Nationals beat Mariners 8-3
Luis Garca Jr. homers and CJ Abrams gets 3 hits to help Nationals beat
Mariners 8-3
By PATRICK STEVENS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Luis Garca Jr. broke a fifth-inning tie with a two-run
homer and the Washington Nationals defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-3 on
Saturday.
CJ Abrams had three hits and two RBIs for Washington (36-35), which improved to
13-21 at Nationals Park after losing its previous four home games. Abrams also
scored twice.
Colt Emerson homered for the second consecutive game for the AL West-leading
Mariners, who are 4-5 on a 10-game trip to Detroit, Baltimore and Washington.
With the score tied at 3 in the fifth, James Wood hit a sharp single to third
that was originally ruled an error. Garca then ripped Luis Castillo's changeup
408 feet to right-center for his ninth homer this season.
Abrams helped expand the lead in the seventh with an RBI single before scoring
when reliever Eduard Bazardo's pickoff attempt trickled off runner Dylan Crews
into foul territory. Washington made it 8-3 when Crews scored from first on
Jos Tena's single to center.
Nationals starter Cade Cavalli (4-4) allowed three runs and struck out five in
five innings.
Washington scored three unearned runs in the first against Castillo (2-6).
Garca reached on first baseman Josh Naylor's error, then scored on Abrams'
two-out single. Daylen Lile followed with a triple to right before coming home
on Crews' single.
Castillo yielded five runs in 5 2/3 innings while striking out four.
Seattle tied it with a two-out rally in the fifth. Mitch Garver hit an RBI
single, and Emerson drilled Cavalli's fastball down the right-field line for
his sixth homer.
Up next
Washington RHP Miles Mikolas (1-5, 5.90 ERA) and Seattle RHP Emerson Hancock
(5-2, 2.74) are scheduled to start Sunday in the finale of the three-game
series.
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