Curtis Mead goes deep twice, Nationals pound 6 homers in a 10-2 win over the Guardians

By: The Associated Press Posted: 8:02 PM CDT Monday, May. 25, 2026

CLEVELAND (AP) — Curtis Mead went deep twice for his first multi-homer game, Luis García Jr. finished a triple shy of hitting for the cycle and the Washington Nationals hit six homers in a 10-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.

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James Wood, Jacob Young, and CJ Abrams joined García and Mead with long balls as the Nationals matched their highest homer output of the season, first set in a 10-4 victory over Cincinnati on May 12.

Wood hit a leadoff 412-foot homer on the sixth pitch of the game, and Mead added his first of the game two batters later, giving Washington a 3-0 lead before the first out was recorded.

Washington Nationals' Luis Garcia Jr., right, watches his two-run single off Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Logan Allen as catcher Patrick Bailey look on during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 25, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Young started off the second inning with a solo shot and García added a two-run line-drive homer to right that extended Washington’s lead to 6-0.

PJ Poulin threw two innings as the Nationals’ opener, allowing two hits and one run. Zack Littell (4-4) worked seven innings of relief and allowed five hits and one run with seven strikeouts.

The Nationals scored seven runs in the first three innings, with Abrams hitting a solo shot to start the third.

Tanner Bibee (0-7) gave up eight hits, seven runs, and five homers while striking out three in three innings.

Mead hit his second homer in the fifth, and García hit a two-run single in the sixth to cap Washington’s outburst. The Nationals had averaged 2.3 runs in their previous four games.