Washington Nationals at Kansas City Royals

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Washington Nationals

48-72, 26-36 Away

Final
8 - 7

Kansas City Royals

60-61, 30-29 Home

Daylen Lile’s 9th-inning single leads Nationals past Royals 8-7

After the Royals tied the game in the eighth, Luis García Jr. doubled, then scored on Lile's single to right for the lead.

Jose A. Ferrer (4-3) recorded four outs for the win. Carlos Estévez (4-5) took the loss after allowing one run on two hits and a walk in the ninth.

The Nationals took a five-run lead in the first, highlighted by Nathaniel Lowe’s grand slam.

Royals starter Seth Lugo surrendered seven runs on six hits over four innings. The five runs in the first was his most since an eight-run fourth inning against the Dodgers on Aug. 7, 2023.

CJ Abrams hit his 16th homer leading off the fourth for a 7-3 Nationals lead.

The Royals chipped away with two runs in the first and one in the second before Vinnie Pasquantino’s three-run homer cut the Nationals lead to 7-6. Bobby Witt Jr. hit an eighth-inning sacrifice fly to tie the game.

Pasquantino has three homers and 11 RBI in his last four games.

Nationals starter Jake Irvin allowed six runs on seven hits and four walks in four innings.

Kansas City hitters were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position against five Washington relievers.

The third of four Royals relievers, Luinder Avila made his major league debut pitching a hitless eighth.

Key moment Pinch-runner Tyler Tolbert stole second and third before scoring on Witt’s game-tying eighth-inning sacrifice fly.

Key stat Since inking a two-year contract extension July 28, Lugo has allowed 18 earned runs in 18 1/3 innings while failing to get through six innings in four starts.

Up next Nationals: RHP Brad Lord (3-6, 3.28 ERA) takes the mound in Washington against the Phillies.

Royals: LHP Noah Cameron (6-5, 2.52) opens a homestand Friday against White Sox RHP Aaron Civale (3-7, 4.91).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Tolbert grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Grichuk out at second.
	9th Inning	Grichuk reached on infield single to shortstop, India to third.
	9th Inning	India reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Frazier grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Hassell III in right field.

Statistics

WSH		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
15	Ground Balls	19
6	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	12
1	Stolen Bases	2
6	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	1
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	25
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	175
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	17
43	Plate Appearances	45
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
6.8	Runs Created	7.9
.270	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.472
.378	Secondary Average	.361
.372	On Base Percentage	.444
.859	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.917
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
6.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.9
53.0	Batter Rating	49.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.216	Isolated Power	.139
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.133
.108	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.028
16.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
96.3	MLB Rating	97.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0