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Washington Nationals @ Atlanta Braves

2026-08-02 · Day game · Suntrust Park · Att: 27143 · 86°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 8 mph, R To L · 2:22

Atlanta Braves defeated Washington Nationals 4–2. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 3rd — Mike Yastrzemski homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 4th — James Wood out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael Harris II. José Tena scores. Atlanta Braves took the lead in the 5th — Jim Jarvis reaches on a throwing error by shortstop CJ Abrams. Austin Riley scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Matt Olson homers (31) on a fly ball to right field — worth 13% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood RF	3	0	0	1	0	1
Daylen Lile LF	3	0	1	0	1	1
Dylan Crews CF	3	0	0	0	1	0
CJ Abrams SS	4	0	0	0	0	3
Harry Ford C	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keibert Ruiz C	2	1	1	0	1	0
Jose Tena DH	3	1	0	0	1	2
Nasim Nuñez 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jorbit Vivas 3B	3	0	1	0	1	0
Brady House 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2
Andres Chaparro 1B	1	0	0	1	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Drake Baldwin C	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ronald Acuna DH	4	0	1	0	0	2
Matt Olson 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0
Michael Harris CF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Albies 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mauricio Dubon LF	3	1	1	0	0	0
Eli White RF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Yastrzemski RF	2	1	1	2	0	0
Austin Riley 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Jarvis SS	3	0	0	0	0	1