WASHINGTON (Interstat) — Daylen Lile drove in two runs and Keibert Ruiz added a two-run homer as the Washington Nationals defeated the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Thursday at Nationals Park. The Nationals bounced back from a 13-1 loss to Colorado on Wednesday.

Jake Irvin allowed one earned run over 4 1/3 innings with six strikeouts for Washington, and Tom Cosgrove earned the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Gabriel Hughes took the loss, surrendering four earned runs over five innings.

Washington scored twice in the first inning on a Daylen Lile single and a Brady House sacrifice fly. Colorado’s only run came in the third on Brett Sullivan’s RBI single. Jacob Young scored in the fourth on a Dylan Crews groundout. Lile homered in the fifth, House doubled in a run in the eighth and Ruiz followed with a two-run homer.

The Nationals recorded 13 hits, while the Rockies had five. Attendance was 14,768, and the game lasted 3:01. Washington improved to 63-73, while Colorado fell to 54-82.