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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Drives in three in loss to Cubbies
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Lile went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a stolen base in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs.
Getting the nod at DH and batting eighth against southpaw David Peterson, Lile got the Nationals on the board in the second inning with an RBI single before bringing home two more runs in the fifth with another knock. It was Lile's third multi-hit performance in the last five games, and over 25 contests since the All-Star break he's compiled a .250/.290/.489 slash line with five homers, three steals, 11 runs and 20 RBI.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Continues to dominate Cincy
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Lile went 2-for-4 with a double, a three-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 5-3 win over the Reds.
The 23-year-old seems to save his best performances for games against the team that plays just up Interstate 71 from his home town in Louisville. In six career games versus the Reds, Lile has gone 9-for-25 (.360) with six extra-base hits, including four homers, and 13 RBI. Lile has had an up-and-down campaign, and while he's batting just .236 (17-for-72) in 21 games since the All-Star break, he's clubbed five of his 15 homers on the season while adding two steals, 10 runs and 15 RBI.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Day off against lefty
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Lile is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest in Philadelphia.
The lefty-swinging Lile was an everyday player for the first three months of the season, but Washington has sat him out fairly often against lefties of late. With southpaw Cristopher Sanchez on the mound for the Phillies on Thursday, Lile will be absent from the lineup for the fifth time in the Nationals past nine games versus a lefty starter.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Clubs 14th homer
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Lile went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's loss to the Phillies.
The 23-year-old outfielder took Aaron Nola deep in the second inning, giving the Nationals a 3-0 lead that once again evaporated. Lile has heated up of late, hitting safely in nine straight starts dating back to July 25 and delivering a .294/.333/.618 slash line with three of his 14 homers on the season, along with one steal, five runs and seven RBI.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Scratched Saturday
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Lile was scratched from the lineup for Saturday's game against Atlanta.
Reynaldo Lopez was scratched from his start Saturday due to knee inflammation, so the Nationals will take Lile out of the starting nine to account for the fact that left-hander Martin Perez will now be on the mound for Atlanta. Dylan Crews, Jacob Young and James Wood will start across the outfield while Andres Chaparro serves as the DH.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Third multi-homer game of 2026
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Lile went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Thursday's 5-4 loss to Atlanta.
Albeit in a losing effort, Lile submitted his third multi-homer game already this season. The outfielder has a six-game hitting streak going, and the multi-hit effort was his first since July 17 in Sacramento against the Athletics. Lile burst onto the scene with an .845 OPS last season, but he's slashing a lukewarm .248/.299/.418 with 13 long balls, 54 RBI, 10 stolen bases and 56 runs scored over 452 plate appearances this year.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: On bench against lefty
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Lile is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.
The Nationals will keep Lile on the bench for the second time in the series while the Diamondbacks southpaw Kohl Drake to the bump. Lile has slashed just .241/.301/.321 (74 wRC+) over 123 plate appearances versus lefties this season.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Sitting versus southpaw
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Lile is not in the lineup for Monday's game in Colorado.
The left-handed-hitting Lile plays against most lefties, but he'll begin this one on the bench as the Rockies send southpaw Kyle Freeland to the hill. Andres Chaparro is picking up a start in Lile's stead.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Launches three-run homer Friday
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Lile went 2-for-6 with a three-run homer and an additional RBI in Friday's win over the A's.
Lile was one of three players who went yard for the Nationals in this 23-run outburst, launching a ninth-inning blast off Carlos Cortes. While Lile is up to 11 homers on the season, he hasn't been seeing the ball particularly well of late. He's hitting just .222 across 45 at-bats since the start of July (11 games), although six of his 10 knocks have been extra-base hits over that span (three homers, three doubles).
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Sitting versus southpaw
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Lile is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Yankees.
The left-handed-hitting Lile will get a break as the Yankees send southpaw Ryan Weathers to the hill. Andres Chaparro is getting a start in Lile's place and will occupy the designated-hitter slot.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Big power display in Friday's win
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Lile went 3-for-4 with a double, two home runs and four RBI in Friday's 9-5 win over the Pirates.
The Nationals launched five homers in total on the night, with Lile and Luis Garcia both going yard twice. Lile's blasts came off Mitch Keller in the second inning and Isaac Mattson in the eighth. The long balls snapped a 23-game power drought for the 23-year-old outfielder, but Lile's bat had been showing signs of life before Friday -- he has four multi-hit performances in his last eight games, batting .333 (10-for-30) over that stretch with four doubles, six runs and six RBI.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Getting night off against lefty
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Lile is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Red Sox.
The Nationals will give the left-handed-hitting Lile a night off while southpaw Ranger Suarez toes the rubber for the Red Sox. Andres Chaparro will replace Lile in the lineup, occupying the designated-hitter spot while batting second.
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Nationals' Daylen Lile: Busy day on basepaths
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Lile went 4-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI and two stolen bases in Wednesday's 11-10 loss to the Giants.
All four knocks were singles, but it was still a very productive effort from the 23-year-old outfielder. Lile has three multi-hit performances in nine games to kick off June, slashing a blistering .382/.462/.529 to start the month with one home run, three steals, five runs and seven RBI.
Lile went 3-for-6 with a solo home run, a second RBI, a stolen base and two total runs scored in Friday's 14-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
Lile has gone 6-for-17 over the first four games of June. His homer Friday ended a stretch of nine contests without an extra-base hit, in which he went 5-for-34 (.147) with two RBI. While the bat hasn't been all that consistent, Lile is gaining playing time in left field, pushing Dylan Crews and Jacob Young to compete for one spot in the lineup most of the time. Lile is batting .256 with a .725 OPS, eight homers, 30 RBI, 38 runs scored, five steals, 15 doubles and one triple through 63 games this year.
Nationals' Daylen Lile: Powers offense in Friday's win
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Lile went 3-for-4 with a double and a two-run home run in Friday's 3-2 win over the Orioles.
The Nationals managed only six hits in total, but Lile had half them and produced what proved to be the game-winning hit when he took Shane Baz deep in the sixth inning. Lile has gone yard four times in the last four games, and over the last 10 contests he's slashing a blistering .378/.419/.811 with four doubles, two steals, eight runs and 10 RBI in addition to the four homers.
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