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Cincinnati Reds @ Washington Nationals

2026-08-07 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 26065 · 86°F, Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, Out To RF · 2:38

Washington Nationals defeated Cincinnati Reds 5–3. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Daylen Lile homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. CJ Abrams scores. Brady House scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Sal Stewart grounds into a double play, shortstop Nasim Nuñez to first baseman Abimelec Ortiz. Elly De La Cruz out at 2nd. Sal Stewart out at 1st — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elly De La Cruz SS	2	1	1	1	2	0
Sal Stewart 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
JJ Bleday LF	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tyler Stephenson C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eugenio Suarez DH	4	1	1	1	0	2
Héctor Rodríguez CF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Noelvi Marte RF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ivan Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt McLain 2B	3	1	2	1	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
CJ Abrams DH	4	1	1	0	0	1
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brady House 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1
Daylen Lile LF	4	2	2	3	0	2
Dylan Crews RF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Harry Ford C	3	1	1	2	0	1
Nasim Nuñez SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jorbit Vivas 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Tena 2B	2	0	1	0	1	0
Jacob Young CF	3	0	1	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Luis Mey	2.2	2	0	0	0	4
Chase Petty	1.2	2	3	2	1	1
Zach McCambley	1.1	1	0	0	1	2
Julian Garcia	2.1	2	2	2	0	3

Washington Nationals — pitching