Washington Nationals’ Luis GarcÃa Jr. hits a single during the seventh inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
Washington Nationals’ James Wood gets tagged out at second by Cleveland Guardians shortstop Brayan Rocchio during the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
Carlos Santana’s 3-run homer helps Guardians beat Nationals 9-1 and split a doubleheader
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carlos Santana broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the sixth inning and started a late onslaught by the Cleveland Guardians, who beat the Washington Nationals 9-1 on Tuesday night to split a doubleheader.
Washington Nationals’ Luis GarcÃa Jr. hits a single during the seventh inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carlos Santana broke a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the sixth inning and started a late onslaught by the Cleveland Guardians, who beat the Washington Nationals 9-1 on Tuesday night to split a doubleheader.
Daniel Schneemann and Austin Hedges also went deep for the Guardians, who scored 18 runs in the twinbill but . Cleveland has won six of eight.
Ben Lively (2-2) gave up a solo homer to Riley Adams, one of two hits he allowed over 5 1/3 innings.
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Brad Lord (1-4) pitched a career-high six innings for Washington and was working on a shutout before Santana and sent it into the bullpen in right field with two outs in the sixth.
Steven Kwan’s RBI double capped a three-run seventh, Schneemann hit a in the eighth and Hedges added a in the ninth.
The Nationals threw four wild pitches, two by Eduardo Salazar and one each by Lucas Sims and Jackson Rutledge.
Washington’s James Wood singled in the first inning to push his on-base streak to a career-high 16 games, although he didn’t stay on base for long. He was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.
Up next
Guardians left-hander Logan Allen (1-2, 4.02 ERA) is scheduled to start against the Nationals’ Michael Soroka (0-1, 7.20) on Wednesday at 12:05 p.m. as the teams play their third game in a 24-hour span. Soroka hasn’t pitched since he suffered a strained biceps in his Nationals debut on March 31.
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