The San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 9-2 on Sep 9, 2026 at Petco Park.
Final · Petco Park
Top performers
- Keibert Ruiz went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Jackson Kent pitched 3.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Jackson Merrill went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs and 6 RBI for the Padres.
- Walker Buehler pitched 2.1 innings for the Padres, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Chaparro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Wood | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yohandy Morales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Crews | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brady House | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Kent | 3.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Luis Perales | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Brad Lord | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 7.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
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. | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Merrill | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Xander Bogaerts | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Samad Taylor | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Manny Machado | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Campusano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jase Bowen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin Hays | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Salas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 38 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Buehler | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Kyle Hart | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wandy Peralta | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Yuki Matsui | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin Canning | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| David Morgan | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Sep 8, 2026: WSH 4, SD 5 · Next Sep 11, 2026: LAA 3, WSH 4
- Padres · 2026 season · Previous Sep 8, 2026: WSH 4, SD 5 · Next Sep 11, 2026: SD 7, SF 5