WASHINGTON — Trevor Story homered and drove in four runs as part of a four-hit day, Lucas Giolito pitched 7 2/3 innings of one-run ball in his first game against the team that drafted him and the Boston Red Sox routed the Washington Nationals 11-2 on Friday.

Jarren Duran had three RBI for Boston, which collected 16 hits and has won four of six since enduring a season-worst six-game skid.

Washington was denied its first three-game winning streak since taking four in a row on May 28-31.

Giolito (5-1) threw 7 2/3 innings in his first career outing against the team that drafted him, allowing one run. The right-hander gave up four hits while striking out seven to earn his first victory at Nationals Park, an experience that was tinged with little sentimentality.

“Not really,” Giolito said. “It’s so long ago. Nine, 10 years ago I debuted here. I was definitely excited to come back because it’s been so long … I’m not facing any of the same guys. It’s a different team now.”

Giolito, Washington’s first-round pick in 2012, reached the majors in 2016 and posted a 6.75 ERA in six appearances that season. But he hadn’t faced the Nationals since they dealt him to the Chicago White Sox the following December as part of a package of prospects for outfielder Adam Eaton, who helped Washington win the World Series in 2019.

“I pitched very different back then — very long arm action,” Giolito said. “I think every baseball player’s career, you have your ups and downs, you have your trials and tribulations, highs and lows, however you want to put it. It’s been a long road. I look forward to many more, even the downs. When you come back from those, it’s probably more satisfying than being good all the time.”

The Red Sox broke Friday’s game open with a seven-run fifth inning. After Boston loaded the bases, Wilyer Abreu walked in a run to make it 3-0 and Story ripped a two-run single to center to chase Washington starter Michael Soroka (3-6).

Marcelo Mayer hit reliever Zach Brzykcy’s first pitch to left to score Abreu. Three batters later, Duran hit a two-run double. He later scored on Abraham Toro’s single.

Story hit his 13th home run of the season in the eighth, a two-run blast to left off Ryan Loutos.

Soroka allowed seven runs and struck out six in four innings, matching his shortest outing of the season.

Giolito on the rise

A hamstring strain kept the 30-year-old out until April 30 this season, and he surrendered at least six runs in three of his first seven starts. But in five outings since June 10, he is 4-0 with an 0.83 ERA. In that span, he has lowered his ERA from 6.42 to 3.66.

He was sharp against the Nationals on Friday, throwing a season-high 108 pitches in his longest outing since Aug. 9, 2021.

“He didn’t want to come out,” manager Alex Cora said. “I appreciate that. He’s a competitor. He feels like the more pitches he throws, the better it is for him.”

After going from Washington to Chicago in 2019, Giolito went on to pitch seven seasons with the White Sox, with stops with the Los Angeles Angels and Cleveland late in the 2023 season before missing all of last year after elbow surgery.

Key moment

Story’s two-run single in the fifth extended Boston’s lead to 5-0 and ended Soroka’s day.

Key stat

Boston has won 10 of its last 11 games on the Fourth of July.