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Cincinnati Reds @ Washington Nationals

2026-08-08 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 32602 · 90°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 6 mph, Out To CF · 2:35

Washington Nationals defeated Cincinnati Reds 8–2. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Abimelec Ortiz singles on a ground ball to left fielder JJ Bleday. José Tena scores. CJ Abrams scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Eugenio Suárez homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. Sal Stewart scores — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
CJ Abrams SS	5	1	2	1	0	2
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	4	0	1	2	0	0
Dylan Crews RF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Daylen Lile LF	4	1	1	1	0	1
Keibert Ruiz C	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jorbit Vivas 3B	2	1	0	0	2	1
Nasim Nuñez 2B	2	0	0	0	2	1
Andres Chaparro DH	2	2	2	3	0	0
Jose Tena DH	2	1	1	0	0	1
Jacob Young CF	3	0	1	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Sam Moll	0.2	2	1	1	0	0
Ron Marinaccio	2.0	2	2	2	1	1
Chase Burns	5.1	6	5	5	3	6

Washington Nationals — pitching