TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Jonny DeLuca drove in two runs with a seventh-inning homer, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays past the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at George Steinbrenner Field.

The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the third on James Wood’s sacrifice fly. Tampa Bay answered in the bottom half on Yandy Díaz’s RBI double. Washington regained the lead in the fourth when Dylan Crews doubled home CJ Abrams, then added a run in the sixth.

The Rays tied it in the sixth and took the lead for good in the seventh. DeLuca homered off Orlando Ribalta, scoring Díaz and making it 4-3.

Nick Martinez started for Tampa Bay, allowing three earned runs on four hits with five strikeouts over six innings. Garrett Cleavinger (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win. Kevin Kelly earned his third save with a perfect ninth, striking out two.

Ribalta (0-1) took the loss. Andrew Alvarez allowed one run over four innings for Washington, striking out six.

Abrams homered and had two hits for the Nationals, who had six hits overall. The Rays collected nine hits. Attendance was 21,054. The game lasted 2:28.

Tampa Bay improved to 43-31; Washington fell to 40-38.