The Washington Nationals beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on May 31, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with 1 RBI for the Padres.
- Griffin Canning pitched 5.0 innings for the Padres, allowing 3 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- James Wood went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Zack Littell pitched 6.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
San Diego Padres 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gavin Sheets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jackson Merrill | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Manny Machado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Castellanos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sung-Mun Song | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Andujar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Canning | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yuki Matsui | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adrian Morejon | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Estrada | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Mead | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Wood | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Chaparro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Littell | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Clayton Beeter | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous May 30, 2026: SD 4, WSH 9 · Next Jun 2, 2026: SD 2, PHI 3
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous May 30, 2026: SD 4, WSH 9 · Next Jun 1, 2026: MIA 7, WSH 3