Daylen Lile's Two-Homer Night and Five Other Homers Bury the Reds 10-4

The Washington Nationals came to Cincinnati and turned Tuesday night into a home run derby, blasting six homers total to dismantle the Reds 10-4. Daylen Lile, the Louisville native who brought roughly 70 family members and friends to the ballpark, put on a show with a solo shot in the fourth and a three-run blast in the fifth, marking his first career multi-homer game. Luis Garcia Jr. matched him with two solo homers of his own, while James Wood and Brady House also went deep.

The Nationals' Power Display Was Relentless

Washington got rolling early. Wood opened the scoring with a homer to left-center in the third, and Garcia followed immediately with a long ball to right to make it 2-0. Lile then stepped up in the fourth and crushed one to right for his solo shot. But the real damage came in the fifth when Garcia led off with another solo homer, and after some shuffling on the basepaths, Lile launched his three-run dinger to right to stretch the lead to 7-2. House added a two-run homer in the eighth, and a double from Jose Tena scored another run in the ninth to seal the 10-4 final.

This marks the first time since 2019 that a pair of Nationals hitters have each posted multi-homer games in the same contest. Lile and Garcia are the sixth duo in franchise history to accomplish the feat, with the last pairing being Brian Dozier and Juan Soto on August 18, 2019, in a 16-8 home victory over the Brewers.

Cincinnati Couldn't Keep Pace

The Reds mounted what they could, but it wasn't enough. Cincinnati got two runs in the fourth when a fielder's choice and a fielding error made things interesting at 3-2. Sal Stewart collected three hits and JJ Bleday drove in two runs with two hits, including a two-run single in the ninth. But Cincinnati's starter Brady Singer, who took a 100-plus mph grounder off his right leg in the second inning and stayed in the game, gave up three runs on six hits across 3 2/3 innings before the Nationals' bullpen took over. Brad Lord earned the win, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to improve to 2-0.

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