WASHINGTON (Interstat) — Curtis Mead hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, lifting the Washington Nationals to a 6-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night at Nationals Park.

Mead’s blast capped a three-run bottom of the seventh that erased a 4-3 deficit. Nasim Nuñez went 2-for-2 with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored. James Wood drove in two runs on a sacrifice fly and a single. Foster Griffin allowed one earned run over six innings with six strikeouts for the Nationals.

Paxton Schultz pitched a scoreless seventh for the win, his first of the season against two losses. Gus Varland earned his sixth save with a perfect ninth. Daniel Lynch IV took the loss for Kansas City.

The Royals scored one in the fifth and two in the seventh. Both teams had 10 hits. The Nationals improved to 39-35, while the Royals dropped to 29-45. Attendance was 25,053. The game lasted 2:43.