Daylen Lile's 2-Homer Night Triggers 6-Dinger Nationals Explosion Over Reds

The Washington Nationals absolutely took Cincinnati to the woodshed on Tuesday night, belting six home runs en route to a 10-4 rout at the Reds' place. This wasn't just a win, it was a showcase of sustained offensive firepower, and Daylen Lile was the star turning the screws.

Lile Goes Yard Twice in His First Multi-Homer Game

Lile, the Louisville native who brought about 70 family members and friends to the ballpark, delivered the kind of performance you dream about in front of a home crowd. He went deep in the fourth inning with a solo shot to right, then came back in the fifth with a three-run bomb to the same field for his first career multi-homer game. Add in two more hits for the night, and Lile was the guy the Reds couldn't answer for.

The homer parade didn't stop with Lile. Luis Garcia Jr. matched him with three hits and two solo home runs of his own. James Wood and Brady House also went yard, rounding out the six-bomb assault. Lile and Garcia became just the sixth pair of Nationals since 2005 to both go deep twice in the same game. The last time it happened? Brian Dozier and Juan Soto pulled it off on August 18, 2019, in a 16-8 home win over the Brewers.

Nationals Got Out Early and Never Looked Back

Washington's bats were humming from the jump. Wood and Garcia back-to-back homers in the third gave the Nationals a 2-0 lead before Lile's first blast in the fourth made it 3-0. The Reds scraped together a couple of runs in the bottom of the fourth to pull within 3-2, but Garcia's solo shot leading off the fifth and Lile's three-run dagger sent the thing out of reach at 7-2. House added a two-run homer in the eighth, and Jose Tena doubled in a run in the ninth. By the time the dust settled, it was 10-4.

Brad Lord (2-0) picked up the win with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief out of the bullpen. Cincinnati's Brady Singer (2-3) did his best to hang in there despite taking a brutal 100-plus mph grounder off his right leg in the second inning but couldn't stop the bleeding.

Reds Couldn't Keep Pace

Cincinnati's Sal Stewart collected three hits and JJ Bleday drove in two runs with two hits, but it wasn't nearly enough firepower to match what the Nationals were putting on display. Singer gave up three runs on six hits over 3 2/3 innings before the bullpen took over. The Reds' bats just weren't in the same conversation as Washington's on this night.

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