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Atlanta Braves @ Washington Nationals

2020-09-13 · Day game · Nationals Park · 76°F, cloudy · Wind 4 mph to RF · 3:37

Atlanta Braves defeated Washington Nationals 8–4. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 1st — Travis d'Arnaud doubles (6) on a line drive to center fielder Victor Robles. Freddie Freeman scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 5th — Trea Turner grounds into a force out, fielded by second baseman Ozzie Albies. Luis Garcia scores. Victor Robles scores. Adam Eaton out at 2nd. Throwing error by second baseman Ozzie Albies. Atlanta Braves took the lead in the 6th — Ozzie Albies homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. Austin Riley scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Ozzie Albies homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. Austin Riley scores — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	8	10
WAS	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	8

W: Kyle Wright L: Max Scherzer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chris Conroy · 1B: Larry Vanover · 2B: David Rackley · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ronald Acuna	5	0	0	0	0	4
Freddie Freeman	3	2	2	0	2	0
Marcell Ozuna	4	0	1	1	1	3
Travis d'Arnaud	5	1	2	2	0	1
Dansby Swanson	5	0	0	0	0	2
Nick Markakis	4	1	2	1	0	0
Adam Duvall	4	1	1	2	0	1
Austin Riley	4	1	1	0	0	2
Ozzie Albies	3	2	1	2	1	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adam Eaton	4	0	2	0	1	0
Trea Turner	5	0	0	1	0	2
Juan Soto	4	1	1	0	1	2
Asdrubal Cabrera	3	1	1	1	1	0
Kurt Suzuki	4	0	0	1	0	0
Eric Thames	2	0	0	0	1	1
Carter Kieboom	4	0	1	0	0	2
Luis Garcia	3	1	2	0	0	0
Victor Robles	4	1	1	0	0	2
Michael Taylor	0	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Harrison	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Wright	6.0	8	2	4
Tyler Matzek	0.2	0	1	2
Darren O'Day	0.1	0	1	0
A. J. Minter	1.0	0	1	2
Chris Martin	1.0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Scherzer	5.1	9	2	10
Wander Suero	0.2	0	0	0
Kyle Finnegan	1.0	0	0	3
Ryne Harper	1.1	1	2	1
James Bourque	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ronald Acuna: K
Freddie Freeman: D8/L89XD
Marcell Ozuna: K
Travis d'Arnaud: D8/L89D.2-H
Dansby Swanson: 8/F8XD

Bot 1

Adam Eaton: 43/G4+
Trea Turner: 43/G4D
Juan Soto: 6/L6D

Top 2

Nick Markakis: 43/G9S
Adam Duvall: K
Austin Riley: K

Bot 2

Asdrubal Cabrera: HR/L9LD
Kurt Suzuki: 43/G4MD
Eric Thames: K
Carter Kieboom: K

Top 3

Ozzie Albies: 8/F8D
Ronald Acuna: K
Freddie Freeman: W
Marcell Ozuna: SB2
Marcell Ozuna: K

Bot 3

Luis Garcia: 7/F78D
Victor Robles: K
Adam Eaton: S5/BG2-
Trea Turner: K

Top 4

Travis d'Arnaud: S9/L9D
Dansby Swanson: WP.1-2
Dansby Swanson: K
Nick Markakis: D8/L8D+.2-H
Adam Duvall: 8/L8D
Austin Riley: K

Bot 4

Juan Soto: D8/L8D+
Asdrubal Cabrera: 9/L9D.2-3
Kurt Suzuki: FC4/G6M.3-H;B-1
Eric Thames: W.1-2
Carter Kieboom: 36(1)5(2)/GDP/BG34D.B-1

Top 5

Ozzie Albies: K
Ronald Acuna: K
Freddie Freeman: S8/L8D+
Marcell Ozuna: W.1-2
Travis d'Arnaud: 9/F9D+

Bot 5

Luis Garcia: S9/L89D
Victor Robles: S8/F89S.1-2
Adam Eaton: S5/BG2-.2-3;1-2
Trea Turner: 4(1)/FO/G4MS.3-H;2-H(E4/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Juan Soto: IW
Asdrubal Cabrera: 6(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 6

Dansby Swanson: 7/F7LD
Nick Markakis: S9/L9
Adam Duvall: HR/F89XD.1-H
Austin Riley: S4/L4D
Ozzie Albies: HR/L8XD.1-H
Ronald Acuna: 3/P34
Freddie Freeman: 9/L9D

Bot 6

Kurt Suzuki: 8/L8XD
Eric Thames: 7/F78D
Carter Kieboom: S8/L8D
Luis Garcia: S8/G4M.1-3
Victor Robles: 9/F1S

Top 7

Marcell Ozuna: K
Travis d'Arnaud: K
Dansby Swanson: K

Bot 7

Adam Eaton: W
Trea Turner: K
Juan Soto: K
Asdrubal Cabrera: SB2
Asdrubal Cabrera: W
Kurt Suzuki: 6/P6D

Top 8

Nick Markakis: 8/F78XD
Adam Duvall: 4/P6S
Austin Riley: 8/L8

Bot 8

Michael Taylor: W
Carter Kieboom: K
Josh Harrison: 7/L7D
Victor Robles: K

Top 9

Ozzie Albies: W
Ronald Acuna: WP.1-2
Ronald Acuna: K
Freddie Freeman: IW
Marcell Ozuna: S7/L78D+.2-H;1-3
Travis d'Arnaud: 14(1)/FO/G4MS.3-H;B-1
Dansby Swanson: 6/L6D

Bot 9

Adam Eaton: 13/G4MS-
Trea Turner: 63/G6MS
Juan Soto: K

Notes & reviews

Originally scored as not GDP, but both runners were forced so GDP added on 09-14-2020
Braves challenged call that Taylor retagged 2nd when retreating to 1st after long fly; call upheld - proper retouch so safe

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