The Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 on Aug 7, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Matt McLain went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Reds.
- Luis Mey pitched 2.2 innings for the Reds, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Daylen Lile went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Nationals.
- Cade Cavalli pitched 6.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 3 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
Cincinnati Reds 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noelvi Marte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hector Rodriguez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugenio Suarez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sal Stewart | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt McLain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JJ Bleday | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elly De La Cruz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Mey | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Julian Garcia | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Chase Petty | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 6.2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady House | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dylan Crews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Ford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Abimelec Ortiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jose Tena | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 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 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Clayton Beeter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2026 season · Previous Aug 6, 2026: ATH 5, CIN 6 · Next Aug 8, 2026: CIN 2, WSH 8
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Aug 6, 2026: WSH 3, PHI 7 · Next Aug 8, 2026: CIN 2, WSH 8