Overview

• Vinnie Pasquantino drove in five runs with a sacrifice fly, three-run homer and RBI double in Tuesday’s 8-5 victory that snapped a multi-game skid and pushed Kansas City to 60-60.
• Michael Wacha limited Washington to two earned runs over 5⅔ innings for his sixth straight quality start while Lucas Erceg closed out the win with a clean ninth inning.
• The Nationals struck first on Wednesday with Nathaniel Lowe’s first-inning grand slam and extended their lead to 7-3 as Seth Lugo yielded seven runs in four innings.
• Kansas City rallied behind Pasquantino’s second consecutive homer to tie the game in the eighth but fell when Daylen Lile delivered a two-out, ninth-inning single for an 8-7 walk-off loss.
• The split dropped the Royals to 60-61 as they await a day off before opening a three-game homestand against the Chicago White Sox.