CINCINNATI (Interstat) — Daylen Lile launched a two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning, lifting the Washington Nationals to an 8-7 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park.

The win gave Washington a split of the two-game series after the Nationals won 10-4 on Tuesday. The Nationals improved to 21-22, while the Reds fell to 22-21 in front of an announced crowd of 17,312.

Lile, serving as the designated hitter, finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs. He drove in the go-ahead runs in the extra frame after earlier contributing a sacrifice fly in the second inning. The 22-year-old continued a torrid stretch, having recorded multiple hits and homers in consecutive games against the Reds; on Tuesday he went 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBIs.

Cincinnati jumped ahead early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first inning. After J.J. Bleday’s RBI double and two walks loaded the bases, Tyler Stephenson crushed a grand slam to left-center field, his third homer of the season, to give the Reds a 5-0 lead. Stephenson went 1-for-4 with four RBIs on the night.

Washington answered immediately in the second. C.J. Abrams led off with a double and scored on Lile’s sacrifice fly. Jacob Young singled and scored on Joey Wiemer’s double. Two batters later, Keibert Ruiz homered to left field, a two-run shot that tied the game at 5-5.

The Nationals took the lead in the third. Curtis Mead was hit by a pitch, moved to third on Abrams’ second double of the game, and scored on a walk to Wiemer, making it 6-5. The Reds tied the game in the bottom half when Spencer Steer scored on a fielder’s choice and a throwing error by shortstop Abrams.

Washington reclaimed the lead in the fifth. Young singled, stole second and moved to third on Lile’s single. Luis García Jr. grounded out to bring home Young, putting the Nationals ahead 7-6.

Neither team scored again until the 10th. Under the new extra-innings rule, the Nationals began the top of the 10th with Abrams placed on second base. After Young flied out, Lile drove a 2-2 pitch from reliever Brock Burke over the wall in right-center field for his sixth homer of the season, scoring Abrams and giving Washington an 8-6 lead.

In the bottom of the 10th, the Reds put together a rally. Sal Stewart started the inning at second and moved to third on a fielder’s choice. Spencer Steer then doubled to left-center field. The ball was ruled fan interference, but the umpire upheld the call after review, scoring Stewart to cut the deficit to 8-7. Steer advanced to third on a groundout, but reliever Richard Lovelady induced a groundout from Blake Dunn to end the game.

Washington used six pitchers. Starter Mitchell Parker worked three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two. Orlando Ribalta, Gus Varland and Lovelady each tossed a scoreless inning of relief. Lovelady earned his first save of the season despite allowing one hit.

For the Reds, Graham Ashcraft pitched a scoreless inning of relief with one strikeout. Tejay Antone allowed one earned run in two innings while striking out two. Burke took the loss, allowing two runs on one hit and striking out one in two innings.

The game featured 10 hits for Washington and 7 for Cincinnati. Each team committed one error.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Washington 5, Cincinnati 2. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Reds a 59.80 percent probability to win. Cincinnati was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 15 runs went under the over-under line of 9.