The Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 9-4 on Apr 20, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Matt Olson went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Braves.
- Bryce Elder pitched 6.2 innings for the Braves, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Daylen Lile went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Jake Irvin pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Yastrzemski | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Olson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Baldwin | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dominic Smith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Mateo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eli White | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
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 | 6.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Joel Payamps | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Kinley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Bummer | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Tena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady House | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Millas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daylen Lile | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Irvin | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Brad Lord | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2026 season · Previous Apr 19, 2026: ATL 4, PHI 2 · Next Apr 21, 2026: ATL 4, WSH 11
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 19, 2026: SF 0, WSH 3 · Next Apr 21, 2026: ATL 4, WSH 11