CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Gavin Williams pitched seven solid innings as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 Wednesday afternoon at Progressive Field in front of 19,559. Williams allowed one run on three hits, striking out four and retiring his final 13 batters. He improved to 8-3. Washington took a 1-0 lead in the third on CJ Abrams’ RBI double, then added another run in the third to go up 2-0. Cleveland answered with three runs in the fifth. José Ramírez’s sacrifice fly made it 2-1, Chase DeLauter singled to tie it, and Angel Martínez singled to put the Guardians ahead 3-2. Tim Herrin worked a scoreless eighth. Miles Mikolas took the loss for Washington, allowing five hits over 3⅔ innings while striking out one. Cade Smith gave up a run in the ninth on Daylen Lile’s sacrifice fly but struck out two with the tying run at second for his MLB-leading 19th save. The Nationals totaled five hits; Cleveland had 10. Game time was 2:22.