WASHINGTON (Interstat) — Andrés Chaparro drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals scored four times in the sixth inning to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 on Saturday.

Eugenio Suárez’s two-run homer in the top of the sixth tied the game at 2-2, but Washington answered with four runs in the bottom half. Daylen Lile singled in Dylan Crews, and Chaparro followed with a two-run double. Jacob Young’s single brought home Chaparro to make it 6-2.

Chaparro added an RBI single in the eighth, and CJ Abrams capped the scoring with a run-scoring single.

Andrew Alvarez started for Washington and allowed one earned run in 5.1 innings, striking out two. Clayton Beeter pitched a scoreless inning to pick up the win. Tom Cosgrove and Yovanny Cruz each tossed a scoreless frame.

Chase Burns (13-2) took the loss, surrendering five earned runs and striking out six over 5.1 innings. Ron Marinaccio allowed two runs in relief for Cincinnati.

The Nationals have won the first two games of the series. Washington improved to 58-61, while Cincinnati fell to 56-60. Attendance was 32,602, and the game lasted 2:35.