Rookie Daylen Lile homered to lead off the fourth and Brad Lord tossed 5 2/3 strong innings, lifting the visiting Washington Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.

Lile collected two hits to improve to 9-for-19 with five extra-base hits, six RBIs and six runs in five games this month.

Jorge Alfaro had an RBI single in the first inning to highlight his two-hit performance for the Nationals (57-84), who have won four of their last five games.

Chicago's Pete Crow-Armstrong had a double and scored on a groundout in the second inning before exiting in the sixth after fouling a ball off his right knee.

Seiya Suzuki had a single in the sixth inning and Nico Hoerner added one in the ninth for the Cubs (81-61), who were limited to just three hits and went 0-for-6 with run

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