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San Diego Padres @ Washington Nationals

2026-05-29 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 26529 · 78°F, Clear · Wind 11 mph, Out To RF · 3:18

San Diego Padres defeated Washington Nationals 7–5. San Diego Padres opened the scoring in the 1st — Xander Bogaerts out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Daylen Lile. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 1st — Curtis Mead homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. James Wood scores. San Diego Padres took the lead in the 7th — Jackson Merrill homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. Xander Bogaerts scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Jackson Merrill homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. Xander Bogaerts scores — worth 34% in win probability.

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Line score

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

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Tatis RF	5	1	3	1	0	0
Sung-Mun Song 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Sheets LF	3	1	2	0	1	1
Xander Bogaerts SS	4	1	0	1	0	1
Manny Machado 3B	4	0	1	1	1	1
Jackson Merrill CF	4	1	1	2	1	0
Miguel Andujar DH	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ramon Laureano LF	4	1	0	0	1	0
Ty France 1B	3	2	2	1	0	0
Freddy Fermin C	4	0	0	1	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood DH	3	1	0	0	2	0
Luis Garcia 1B	5	0	1	0	0	1
Curtis Mead 3B	4	2	2	2	1	1
CJ Abrams SS	2	1	0	0	2	2
Dylan Crews CF	5	0	1	1	0	0
Daylen Lile RF	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Tena LF	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jacob Young CF	2	0	1	1	1	1
Drew Millas C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keibert Ruiz C	4	1	2	1	0	1
Nasim Nuñez 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jorbit Vivas 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0