BALTIMORE (Interstat) — Luis García Jr. homered three times and drove in five runs to lead the Washington Nationals to a 6-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday afternoon at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

García went 3 for 5 with a double and three home runs, accounting for all but one of Washington’s runs. The Nationals second baseman hit a two-run double in the third inning, a two-run homer in the fifth and a solo shot in the seventh. His performance lifted Washington to 43-42 on the season and sent Baltimore to 39-46.

Zack Littell (7-6) earned the win, allowing two runs on three hits over five innings, striking out three. PJ Poulin notched his second save with two scoreless innings, striking out one and allowing no hits. Kyle Bradish (5-8) took the loss, surrendering three runs on one hit over four innings with two strikeouts.

Albert Suárez pitched three innings of relief for Baltimore, giving up one run on three hits with two strikeouts. Mitchell Parker allowed two runs on two hits in one and two-thirds innings for Washington. Richard Lovelady recorded two outs without allowing a hit, and Grant Wolfram tossed a scoreless inning for Baltimore.

The Orioles struck first in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, Adley Rutschman singled, and Pete Alonso followed with his 19th home run of the season, a two-run shot to center field that gave Baltimore a 2-0 lead. The inning ended with Samuel Basallo grounding out.

Washington responded in the third. After a walk to Keibert Ruiz and a walk to James Wood, García doubled to center field, scoring both runners to tie the game at 2-2. The next batter, Curtis Mead, reached on a throwing error by third baseman Coby Mayo that allowed García to score, giving the Nationals a 3-2 lead.

Washington added to its advantage in the fifth. Wood walked again, and García homered to right-center field, his 15th of the season, pushing the lead to 5-2. Mead doubled but was stranded.

García struck again in the seventh. With one out, he hit a line drive to right-center field that was initially ruled not a home run. After an umpire review, the call was overturned, and García was credited with his 16th home run, making the score 6-2.

Baltimore fought back in the bottom of the seventh. With one out, Colton Cowser singled, and Jackson Holliday hit his fifth home run of the season, a line drive to right-center field, cutting the deficit to 6-4. The Orioles had a chance to add more when Taylor Ward walked, but Gunnar Henderson flied out to end the inning.

The Nationals bullpen held Baltimore scoreless over the final two innings. In the eighth, Poulin retired the side in order on a lineout, a flyout and a groundout. In the ninth, Tyler O’Neill flied out, Mayo walked, and Leody Taveras grounded into a double play to end the game.

Reserve infielder Nasim Nuñez entered the game in the ninth at second base and turned the game-ending double play.

Washington had seven hits in the game, while Baltimore had five. The game lasted 2 hours, 55 minutes. The attendance was 27,626.

The Nationals won the second game of the three-game series after taking Saturday’s contest 4-3 in 10 innings. Baltimore had won the series opener Friday 3-1. Washington’s next 10 games include a three-game series at Boston beginning Monday, followed by home series against Pittsburgh, Houston and New York. Baltimore will host Chicago for three games starting Monday, then travel to Cincinnati and host Chicago and Kansas City.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Baltimore Orioles 5, Washington Nationals 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Baltimore with a 57.60 percent probability to win. Baltimore had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 10 went under the over/under line of 9.5.