García hits 1st grand slam for his 2nd HR of game in Nationals' 14-1 romp over Diamondbacks

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.J. Abrams also homered and Foster Griffin (7-2) allowed just two hits over five innings for Washington.

The Nationals, who moved back to .500 at 32-32, immediately jumped on Merrill Kelly (5-4). Wood walked to start the game and García followed with a home run into the Nationals’ bullpen down the right-field line.

García, who rarely faces a left-handed pitcher, stayed in against lefty reliever Philip Abner with the bases loaded in the sixth. He hit his seventh homer of the season to center field to make it 11-1.

The only damage Arizona did to Griffin came when backup catcher Aramis Garcia homered in the third inning.

Kelly lasted five innings, giving up six hits and seven runs.

With the score 12-1 in the eighth, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo brought in position player Adrian Del Castillo to pitch. He hit Dylan Crews with his first pitch to force in a run, but retired the next two batters to end the inning. He gave up a run in the ninth on four singles.

LuJames Groover was 0 for 4 in his MLB debut, batting fifth and playing first base for the Diamondbacks. Groover, 24, selected from Reno on Friday, hit .322 with three homers for Arizona’s Triple-A affiliate this season.

Ildemaro Vargas was not in the Arizona lineup Friday but entered in the eighth inning at second base — and was hit by a pitch in the leg but stayed in. Vargas and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy collided in Thursday night’s game and both left that game.

Washington RHP Zack Littell (5-4, 5.01 ERA) was set to oppose Arizona LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1, 2.24) on Saturday.

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Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Lujames Groover warms up before a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Washington Nationals' Luis García Jr. reacts after hitting a two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Washington Nationals' James Wood, right, celebrates with Luis García Jr. (2) after hitting a solo home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Washington Nationals' Luis García Jr. watches his grand slam against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Washington Nationals' Luis García Jr. (2) celebrates with Nasim Nuñez, center left, after hitting a grand slam against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Israeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby boy after firing at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was killed Friday evening, and his parents were wounded while driving in the Tel Rumeida area south of Hebron City, according to the ministry.

The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the infant was critically wounded after being struck in the jaw by the same bullet that injured his mother. He later died of his injuries. His father, Fahd Abdul Aziz Abu Haikal, a lecturer at Bethlehem University, was shot in the hand. They were traveling from Bethlehem to visit family in Hebron when soldiers opened fire, the agency reported.

Israel’s military has scaled up military operations in the West Bank since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack that killed some 1,200 people and took 251 people hostage, which triggered the war in Gaza. Israel’s retaliatory military campaign has so far killed more than 72,900 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, is generally seen as reliable by United Nations agencies and independent experts.

The United Nations said last month that more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank and east Jerusalem since the war began, at least 240 of them children. Forty-nine people have been killed since the start of this year, it said.

The infant’s funeral is expected later Saturday.

The army said an initial inquiry found that the injured were uninvolved civilians and said the situation is under review.

Israel's military said Friday that soldiers shot at a vehicle that was perceived to be accelerating toward them in the Hebron area. It said soldiers responded with single shots, wounding three Palestinians who were evacuated for medical treatment.

In March, Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people, including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said at the time.

Israeli soldiers accused of harming Palestinians are rarely penalized and were indicted in fewer than 1% of cases based on 2,427 complaints alleging wrongdoing between 2016 and 2024, according to Israeli rights group Yesh Din.

More than 700,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories captured by Israel in 1967 from Jordan and sought by the Palestinians for a future state.

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Magdy reported from Cairo, Egypt and Mednick reported from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Fahd Abu Heikal, 41 displays a mobile photo of his seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam, who was killed on Friday when Israeli soldiers fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents in Tel Rumeida, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

A man inspects the shattered family vehicle of seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam Fahd Abu Heikal, who was killed on Friday when Israeli soldiers fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents, in Tel Rumeida, in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

A bullet hole is seen at the windshield of the shattered family vehicle of seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam Fahd Abu Heikal, who was killed on Friday when Israeli soldiers fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents, in Tel Rumeida, in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Child care bag of seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam Fahd Abu Heikal, who was killed on Friday when Israeli soldiers fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents in Tel Rumeida, at the shattered family vehicle in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Fahd Abu Heikal, 41 displays a mobile photo of his seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam, who was killed on Friday when Israeli soldiers fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents, in Tel Rumeida, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)