The Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Sep 21, 2022 at Truist Park.
Final · Truist Park
Top performers
- Joey Meneses went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Paolo Espino pitched 4.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Ronald Acuna Jr. went 2-for-5 with 1 RBI for the Braves.
- Bryce Elder pitched 5.2 innings for the Braves, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ildemaro Vargas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Robles | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luke Voit | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Meneses | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Call | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo Espino | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Atlanta Braves box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Robbie Grossman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eddie Rosario | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Olson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| William Contreras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vaughn Grissom | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Elder | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Dylan Lee | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesse Chavez | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Matzek | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2022 season · Previous Sep 20, 2022: WSH 2, ATL 3 · Next Sep 23, 2022: WSH 2, MIA 5
- Braves · 2022 season · Previous Sep 20, 2022: WSH 2, ATL 3 · Next Sep 22, 2022: ATL 0, PHI 1