Daylen Lile's eighth-inning double drove in the go-ahead run and the Washington Nationals rallied past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Sunday to take the rubber game of the series.

James Wood walked leading off the eighth against Isaac Mattson (3-3). With one out, Lile doubled to left center and when Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz couldn't cut the ball off, Wood came all the way around to score the go-ahead run.

Lile, Andres Chapparo and Paul DeJong each had two hits for Washington (62-87), which has won three of its past four series and split the other one.

Jackson Rutledge (4-2) pitched one inning for the win.

Jared Triolo walked with two outs in the ninth and Spencer Horwitz singled, but Clayton Beeter struck out Bryan Reynolds for his first major league save.

Cruz had two hits for P

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