WASHINGTON (AP) — Luis García Jr. and Daylen Lile each homered twice, and José Tena also went deep for Washington as the Nationals beat the PittsburghPirates 9-5 on Friday night ... .
Henry Davis hit a homer as the Pirates scored twice in the third, but Brandon Marsh got one of those runs back with a solo shot in the bottom half ... The Pirates cut the lead to five in the fifth on an RBI single by Gonzales.
Earlier this homestand, Pirates hitting coach MattHague came to RyanO’Hearn with an observation courtesy of the Pirates’ biomechanics department. His hands were set four inches further away from his body than they should be, Hague said ....