The game swung wildly between the teams for nine innings before Daylen Lile settled it with one swing in the 10th. His two-run homer to right center gave Washington an 8-6 lead and ultimately a wild 8-7 victory over Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park.
Lile went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, carrying a .269 average with six home runs and 22 RBIs this season. His 409-foot blast scored Abrams and provided the margin Washington needed in a game that featured 15 runs and constant momentum shifts.
Cincinnati struck first with authority in the opening inning. De La Cruz scored on Bleday's double to right, then Tyler Stephenson delivered the early knockout punch with a grand slam to left center that scored Bleday, Steer and Lowe for a 5-0 lead. But Washington answered immediately in the second, cutting the deficit to 5-4 on Lile's sacrifice fly, Wiemer's RBI double and Keibert Ruiz's two-run homer. The teams traded runs through the middle innings, with Washington tying it 5-5 in the third on Wiemer's bases-loaded walk and again at 6-6 in the fifth when García Jr. grounded out to score Young.
Stephenson finished 1-for-4 with four RBIs, carrying a .187 average with three home runs and 11 RBIs this season. His grand slam provided Cincinnati's biggest offensive moment, but the Reds couldn't hold their early advantage despite Spencer Steer's two-hit performance that included a 10th-inning RBI double.
Washington snapped a losing streak to improve to 20-22, while Cincinnati fell to 22-20 after the extra-inning defeat.