PHOENIX (AP) — Luis García Jr. hit his first career grand slam for his second homer of the game in the Washington Nationals' 14-1 romp over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. James Wood, Daylen Lile and C.

The Arizona Diamondbacks opened a three-game series with the Washington Nationals on Friday, June 5, and lost 14-1 to the visitors from D.C.

Adrian Del Castillo pitched, Ildemaro Vargas got hit by a pitch one day after colliding with Max Muncy and the Nationals hit five home runs in a dud for the Diamondbacks.

Luis Garcia Jr. hit his first career grand slam for his second homer of the game in the Washington Nationals’ 14-1 romp over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Nationals -- two teams in need of a course correction -- will meet in the first game of a three-game series in Phoenix on Friday night.

Yet with a chance to inch closer toward relevance, the Nationals were humbled in the three-game series against the Miami Marlins that ended in a sweep, the first time the team has suffered one under Blake Butera. It came off the heels of multiple signs of struggle, not just limited to the pitching staff.

SportsLine's model simulated Miami Marlins vs. Washington Nationals 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Wednesday's matchup