Kansas City Royals at Washington Nationals
Final
Recap
WASHINGTON -- Curtis Mead hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Washington Nationals to a 6-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. Nasim Nuñez tripled twice and scored three times for the Nationals, who will go for a three-game sweep Wednesday after handing Kansas City its sixth loss in seven games. The Royals are a season-high 16 games under .500. Paxton Schultz (1-2) got the win in relief, and Gus Varland pitched the ninth allowing a solo homer by ex-National Lane Thomas for his sixth save. Daniel Lynch IV (2-1) took the loss.
Team stats
10Hits10
1Home runs1
4Walks4
8Strikeouts4
1Stolen bases3
142Pitches thrown164
4Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler TolbertLF-2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling MarteDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin2B-3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane ThomasRF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Salvador PerezC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael MasseyPH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac CollinsPH-LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kameron MisnerCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael WachaP | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IVP | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Connor SeaboldP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |