García Jr. Goes 3-5 With 2 HR, 5 RBI to Sink Baltimore

Luis García Jr. single-handedly dismantled the Orioles on Sunday, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI as Washington took down Baltimore 6-4. The story of the night was one player erasing a two-run deficit, building a four-run cushion, and doing it across three different innings.

Baltimore looked in control early. Pete Alonso launched a 437-foot shot to center in the first, scoring Rutschman, and the Orioles held a 2-0 lead heading into the third. Then García Jr. happened. He doubled to center to score both Wood and Ruiz, knotting the game at two. Before the inning was over, a throwing error by third baseman Mayo allowed García Jr. to score, and Washington had flipped the game to a 3-2 lead without hitting another ball out of the park.

The decisive blow came in the fifth. García Jr. drove a 401-foot home run to right center, scoring Wood and pushing the lead to 5-2. That swing was the turning point by every measure — Baltimore's win probability dropped from 40% to 21% on a single pitch. Kyle Bradish, who had taken over on the mound for the Orioles, finished his four innings having allowed 3 earned runs on just 1 hit but issuing 5 walks — a line that looks like a pitcher who was never comfortable. García Jr. wasn't done. In the seventh, he hit another shot to right center, 377 feet, and after an umpire review overturned the initial call, Washington led 6-2. Jackson Holliday answered with a two-run homer of his own — 389 feet to right center, scoring Cowser — but it was too little, too late at 6-4.

On the pitching side, Zack Littell gave Washington five innings of work, allowing 2 earned runs on 3 hits with 3 strikeouts. PJ Poulin then threw two clean innings — no hits, no earned runs — to help close it out. For Baltimore, this loss stings a bit more given the broader context: Chris Bassitt recently underwent back surgery and could miss significant time, per ESPN, which means the Orioles' rotation depth is already being tested. Albert Suarez lasted just three innings before giving way to Bradish, and the bullpen couldn't hold the line. Washington's 6-4 win was built almost entirely on one player's performance, and García Jr.'s three-run, three-score, two-homer night appears to be the kind of individual effort that defines a series.