Nationals set season highs for hits and runs in 15-9 win over Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brady House hit a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning, Josh Bell and Jacob Young drove in three runs apiece and the Washington Nationals set a season high for scoring in a 15-9 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

CJ Abrams, Luis García Jr. and Nathaniel Lowe each had three hits for the Nationals. García and Lowe each had two RBIs and reliever Brad Lord (2-5) gave up a hit over 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

Washington, which is just 6-18 in June, scored at least a run in each of the last five innings, capped by a four-run ninth.

Bell hit a two-run homer in the second inning before Young had a two-out, two-run double and scored on a single by Abrams, who was thrown out a second trying to stretch it into a double.

Lowe hit an RBI double and then scored on a single by Daylen Lile to give the Nationals an 8-7 lead in the fifth.

Taylor Ward, Nolan Schanuel and Jo Adell each homered for the Angels.

Reliever Sam Bachman (1-1) took the loss.

The Angels announced earlier Friday that manager Ron Washington would miss the rest of the season due to an unspecified medical issue. Ray Montgomery was named interim manager.

Bachman came on in the seventh and, after taking a 0-1 lead in the count, threw four consecutive balls to walk Bell. House hit the next pitch down the left field line to drive in Bell and the Nationals led the rest of the way.

Seven different Angels players had multiple hits and the team finished with a season-high 19.

Nationals RHP Michael Soroka (3-5, 5.06 ERA) is scheduled to pitch against Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (5-6, 4.83) on Saturday.

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Los Angeles Angels' LaMonte Wade Jr. (35) is out at second as Washington Nationals second baseman Luis Garcia Jr. throws to first during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, June 27, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Los Angeles Angels' Christian Moore backs off an inside pitch during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Washington Nationals first baseman Nathaniel Lowe gestures to the dugout after hitting a RBI double during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Washington Nationals catcher Riley Adams, left, shake hands with Nationals' relief pitcher Zach Brzykcy after the final out of the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

Washington Nationals second baseman Luis Garcia Jr. (2) celebrates with Nationals' left fielder James Wood after the final out of the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)