WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Taylor homered twice among his four hits, Trea Turner finished 5 of 5 with a walk and the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 18-3 on Saturday.
Daniel Murphy had four RBIs for the Nationals. His three-run double highlighted the six-run second inning and Taylor’s two-run homer capped a four-run fourth inning. Taylor added a solo shot in the sixth.
Turner, Ryan Zimmerman, Matt Wieters each drove in two runs. All of Turner’s career-high five hits were singles including run-scoring hits in the second and eighth.
Washington led 13-0 as Joe Ross (4-3) blanked the Reds until Patrick Kivlehan’s pinch-hit home run in the sixth. Ross surrendered one run and six hits over seven innings with five strikeouts and one walk.
In his first appearance since Aug. 28, Homer Bailey (0-1) allowed eight runs and six hits with three walks in 1 2/3 innings.
The Reds, who have lost 13 of 14, also gave up 17 runs on May 29 at Toronto.
Washington took the first two games of the series from the Reds after losing three of four.
Cincinnati activated the 31-year-old Bailey from the disabled list before the game. The right-hander had arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs in his right shoulder on Feb. 28.
Washington made Bailey’s first outing of the season uncomfortable from the start. After Turner and Brian Goodwin opened the bottom of the first with a single and walk respectively, Zimmerman hit a one-out double into the right-center gap, scoring both runners.
Trailing 3-0 in the second, Bailey walked two batters to load the bases with two outs. Murphy cleared them with a line drive into the right-field corner and then scored on Anthony Rendon’s double.
Reds reliever Lisalverto Bonilla surrendered five runs on eight hits, including both of Taylor’s homers.
Bryce Harper had one of Washington’s 19 hits, but he struck out three times before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the sixth.
Kivlehan added an RBI single in the eighth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: Bailey was diagnosed with right biceps tendinitis following a one-inning start last August and eventually shut down for the season. He allowed two earned runs over 16 2/3 innings during three rehab starts before his recall Saturday. OF Jesse Winker was optioned to AAA-Louisville to make room for Bailey. … LHP Brandon Finnegan, on the DL since Apr. 16 with a left shoulder injury, will start Monday, Reds manager Bryan Price said.
Nationals: Taylor’s first four-hit game of his career came after being held out the lineup the previous two games with an undisclosed injury. The center fielder also tracked down Scooter Gennett’s deep fly ball for a leaping catch just shy of the wall in the third.
UP NEXT
Reds: Scott Feldman (5-5, 4.20 ERA) leads Cincinnati with seven quality starts
Nationals: RHP Tanner Roark (6-4, 4.88) allowed 13 earned runs in 7 2-3 innings over his last two starts.

SATURDAY’S GAME
Nationals 18, Reds 3
Cincinnati                    Washington
ab    r    h    bi            ab    r    h    bi
Hamilton cf    5    1    2    0    T.Trner ss    5    4    5    2
Gennett 2b    4    1    2    0    Goodwin lf-rf    4    3    1    1
Votto 1b    2    0    0    0    Harper rf    4    0    1    0
Kvlehan 1b    2    1    2    2    Raburn ph-lf    1    0    0    0
Duvall lf    3    0    0    0    Zmmrman 1b    3    2    2    2
Suarez 3b    3    0    0    1    Lind 1b    1    0    0    1
Schebler rf    3    0    0    0    D.Mrphy 2b    4    1    1    4
A.Hrnandz p    0    0    0    0    Blanton p    0    0    0    0
Mesoraco ph    1    0    1    0    Lobaton ph    0    0    0    1
B.Wood p    0    0    0    0    Ja.Trnr p    0    0    0    0
Peraza ss    4    0    1    0    Rendon 3b    3    2    2    1
Barnhart c    2    0    2    0    Drew ph-3b    1    0    0    0
S.Turner ph-c    2    0    0    0    Wieters c    5    1    2    2
Bailey p    0    0    0    0    M.Tylor cf    5    4    4    3
Bonilla p    1    0    0    0    J.Ross p    3    0    0    0
Alcantara rf    2    0    0    0    Difo 2b    1    1    1    0
Totals    34    3    10    3    Totals    40    18    19    17

Cincinnati        000    001    020    =    3
Washington        260    411    04x    =    18

E—Gennett (2), Schebler (3), Bailey (1). DP—Washington 1. LOB—Cincinnati 7, Washington 9. 2B—Gennett (11), Barnhart (14), Goodwin (7), Zimmerman (21), D.Murphy (22), Rendon (16), M.Taylor (14). HR—Kivlehan (5), M.Taylor 2 (10). SF—Suarez (2), Lind (3), D.Murphy (2), Lobaton (1). S—Bailey (1), J.Ross (3).
IP    H    R    ER    BB    SO
Cincinnati
Bailey L,0-1    1 2-3    6    8    8    3    2
Bonilla    3 1-3    8    5    5    1    5
Hernandez    2    1    1    1    2    2
Wood    1    4    4    4    1    1
Washington
Ross W,4-3    7    6    1    1    1    5
Blanton    1    4    2    2    0    0
Turner    1    0    0    0    0    0
WP—Bonilla.
Umpires—Home, Paul Emmel; First, Brian O’Nora; Second, Quinn Wolcott; Third, Ramon De Jesus.
T—3:22. A—40,139 (41,418).