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06/15 22:09 CDT Garca and Crews key 5-run 5th inning as Nationals beat Royals
7-3
Garca and Crews key 5-run 5th inning as Nationals beat Royals 7-3
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Luis Garca Jr. hit a go-ahead single, Dylan Crews added a
three-run homer and the Washington Nationals scored five times in the fifth
inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Monday night.
Washington (38-35) has won seven of 10 and moved three games over .500 for the
first time since 2019, when the Nationals won the World Series.
Garca's two-run single in the fifth gave the Nationals a 4-3 lead. Three
batters later, Crews launched a drive to left field for his fourth homer this
season.
Curtis Mead got Washington on the board in the third with a two-out single that
bounced off the glove of Royals second baseman Nick Loftin and into center
field for a 2-0 lead.
Brad Lord (5-0) threw three innings in relief and allowed two runs on two hits
while striking out two. Nationals starter Andrew Alvarez gave up one run in
four innings, striking out five.
Starling Marte scored for Kansas City in the fourth on Carter Jensen's infield
single, and Maikel Garcia added a two-run single in the fifth that gave the
Royals a 3-2 lead.
Kansas City starter Mitch Spence (0-1) was charged with six runs and seven hits
in four-plus innings.
Up next
Royals RHP Michael Wacha (4-5, 3.58 ERA) starts Tuesday against Nationals LHP
Foster Griffin (7-2, 3.46).
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