Cruz Error Gives Nationals Win Over Pirates

WASHINGTON (AP) — James Wood scored the go-ahead run from first base when center fielder Oneil Cruz misplayed Dayton Lile’s eighth-inning double, and the Washington Nationals overcame a three-run, first-inning deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. Pittsburgh finished a 1-5 trip that assured the Pirates their seventh straight losing season and 29th in 33 years. The Pirates had runners at the corners in the ninth before rookie Clayton Beeter struck out Bryan Reynolds for his first big league save. Washington took two of three from the Pirates and has won nine of its last 13 games.