Lile Homer Lifts Nationals Past Rockies

Daylen Lile homered and drove in two runs as part of a three-hit day as the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 on Thursday at Nationals Park. ESPN and the Associated Press had the same swing: Lile led off the fifth with a 399-foot drive to right off Gabriel Hughes (0-6) for his 18th home run. Washington split the four-game series and, the AP noted, won a game started by a pitcher other than Cade Cavalli for the first time since Aug. 9.

Lile was 8-for-15 with three homers and eight RBIs in the series. He also dumped an RBI single to left in the first, scoring CJ Abrams, and scored on Brady House's double in the eighth before Keibert Ruiz's two-run shot. The Nats Report put Lile at 74 RBIs on the year and .429 (12-for-28) with three homers over his last seven games since Aug. 21.

What was the Nationals vs Rockies final score?

Washington 7, Colorado 1. House's sacrifice fly made it 2-0 in the first. Brett Sullivan's infield single in the third was Colorado's only run. Dylan Crews' grounder in the fourth, after a Rockies challenge that was overturned, scored Jacob Young. Lile's homer pushed it to 4-1. House doubled Lile home in the eighth. Ruiz went deep to right (370 feet) for his ninth homer, scoring House, and it was 7-1.

Tom Cosgrove (1-2) threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings and got the win, his first since his major league debut on April 29, 2023, a span of 89 appearances, the AP wrote. Jake Irvin started and went 4 1/3 innings, one earned run, six strikeouts, 94 pitches. The Nats Report said the bullpen (Cosgrove, Erik Tolman, Clayton Beeter, Orlando Ribalta) threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings. Hughes lasted five innings, four earned, seven hits.

Where do the Nationals sit after beating Colorado?

Washington is 63-73. The AP said the club had dropped 12 of 15 before Thursday. Colorado fell to an NL-worst 52-82 and, the recap noted, clinched an eighth consecutive losing season. The Rockies were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left 13 on base. Search traffic is Daylen Lile homer, Nationals vs Rockies score, Lile Nationals. Thursday was all three.

Elsewhere on the Thursday board, Ha-Seong Kim had already walked off the Dodgers and Steven Kwan's Guardians were on a seven-game run. Lile's series against Colorado is the local version of that heater. Next up in D.C. is Miami.

Daylen Lile homer FAQ

What was the Nationals vs Rockies score Thursday? Washington won 7-1 and split the four-game series.

How many home runs does Daylen Lile have? 18. Thursday's was a leadoff shot in the fifth off Gabriel Hughes.

How did Lile do in the series? 8-for-15 with three homers and eight RBIs, per the Associated Press.