The Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 7-2 on Apr 23, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Ozzie Albies went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Braves.
- JR Ritchie pitched 7.0 innings for the Braves, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- CJ Abrams went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Cade Cavalli pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 2 earned runs with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Olson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ozzie Albies | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Riley | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Harris II | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Baldwin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dominic Smith | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eli White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jorge Mateo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 39 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JR Ritchie | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Dylan Lee | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Carrasco | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Tena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Mead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cavalli | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gus Varland | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cionel Perez | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
Before and after
- Braves · 2026 season · Previous Apr 22, 2026: ATL 8, WSH 6 · Next Apr 24, 2026: PHI 3, ATL 5
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Apr 22, 2026: ATL 8, WSH 6 · Next Apr 24, 2026: WSH 4, CHW 5