Lile's 10th-Inning Single Lifts Washington Past Baltimore, 4-3
Foster Griffin threw 7.0 innings of three-hit, zero-earned-run ball and Washington still needed extras to put Baltimore away. Daylen Lile singled to right in the 10th to score the go-ahead run, capping a game that looked like it was slipping away just two innings earlier.
Washington struck first in the second when Jorbit Vivas singled to left to score Lile, then Baltimore answered immediately — Chadwick Tromp singled to right to plate Jackson and knot it at one. That's where it stayed until the fifth, when Luis Garcia Jr. ended the stalemate with a 418-foot home run to right, his solo shot putting Washington ahead 2-1. Drew Millas extended the lead to 3-1 in the sixth with a single to left that scored Vivas, and at that point Griffin's gem looked like it would be more than enough.
It wasn't. Baltimore clawed back in the eighth. Alonso doubled to left to score Tromp, cutting it to 3-2, and then Basallo singled to right to score Alonso and tie the game at three. That sequence was the gut-punch of the night — the win probability swung from 32% to 57% in Baltimore's favor when Basallo's single dropped in. Washington's two-run cushion had evaporated, and Griffin was long gone by then, his night already finished after seven dominant innings.
But Washington answered in the 10th. Lile singled to right to score Crews and put the Nationals back in front 4-3, and Clayton Beeter — who had thrown a clean, two-strikeout ninth — held the lead. The story of the night was Griffin's performance: 7.0 innings, 3 hits, 0 earned runs, 9 strikeouts against just 2 walks. That looks like one of the better individual pitching lines you'll see in a one-run game this season. Garcia Jr. was equally sharp at the plate, going 4-for-5 with the home run and an RBI to lead Washington's offense. Baltimore's Brandon Young gave up 7 hits and 2 earned runs over 5.0 innings, and Keegan Akin's two scoreless frames kept the Orioles in it — but it wasn't enough. Worth noting: Baltimore is already without Chris Bassitt, who underwent back surgery and whose timeline for return remains uncertain, so the bullpen pressure on this roster is real. Washington took the win, 4-3.