Nationals pound Guardians 10‑2 behind García’s big night

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Luis García Jr. went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs to power the Washington Nationals to a 10-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday at Progressive Field. García homered in the second inning and added a two-run single in the sixth. Curtis Mead homered twice and drove in three runs, and James Wood collected four hits including a homer. Zack Littell tossed seven innings of five-hit ball, striking out seven, to improve to 4-4. The Nationals jumped ahead with three runs in the first on Mead’s three-run homer and added three more in the second. Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee (0-7) allowed seven runs over 2 2/3 innings. Angel Martínez drove in Cleveland’s only run with a double in the fourth. Washington finished with 15 hits; Cleveland had seven. The game lasted 2 hours, 31 minutes before 25,494 fans. The Nationals improved to 28-27; the Guardians fell to 32-24.