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The Washington Nationals needed that win yesterday and got it. The hope was that Cade Cavalli would step up like an ace, and the first 4.0 innings were encouraging — then he struggled in the 5th inning and gave up three runs along with the hard-earned lead to depart in a 3-3 tie. Thanks to Luis Garcia Jr., the Nats grabbed the lead right back in the bottom of that 5th inning after Garcia golfed a 2-run home run over the out-of-town scoreboard to make Cavalli the winner after-all, and the Nats rolled to an 8-3 win.
On offense, the Nats went to the top of MLB once more in a tie with the Dodgers for the most runs scored this season at an impressive 5.38 runs per game. With the Nats pitching giving up 4.71 earned runs per game, the difference is really those pesky unearned runs due to the errors. Overall, the Nats have a +4 run differential on the season.
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