The Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 on Apr 16, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- James Wood went 2-for-6 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Foster Griffin pitched 5.1 innings for the Nationals, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Marcell Ozuna went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Pirates.
- Braxton Ashcraft pitched 5.2 innings for the Pirates, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wood | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brady House | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daylen Lile | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Curtis Mead | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Millas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 39 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Griffin | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Clayton Beeter | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cionel Perez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gus Varland | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paxton Schultz | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lowe | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Oneil Cruz | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Bart | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Konnor Griffin | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Mangum | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Yorke | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marcell Ozuna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Gonzales | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Cook | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Horwitz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 42 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braxton Ashcraft | 5.2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Dennis Santana | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Lawrence | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Mattson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Sisk | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 15, 2026: WSH 0, PIT 2 · Next Apr 17, 2026: SF 10, WSH 5
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Apr 15, 2026: WSH 0, PIT 2 · Next Apr 17, 2026: TB 1, PIT 5