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Atlanta Braves @ Washington Nationals

2026-09-02 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 15248 · 88°F, Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, In From RF · 2:31

Atlanta Braves defeated Washington Nationals 9–0. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 6th — Sean Murphy homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Ronald Acuña Jr. scores. Michael Harris II scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Sean Murphy homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Ronald Acuña Jr. scores. Michael Harris II scores — worth 35% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	9	11
WAS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Drake Baldwin DH	4	1	0	0	1	1
Ronald Acuna RF	5	2	3	3	0	1
Matt Olson 1B	5	0	0	0	0	4
Ozzie Albies 2B	4	1	1	0	1	2
Michael Harris CF	3	1	0	0	1	1
Brewer Hicklen CF	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sean Murphy C	4	2	2	4	1	1
Mike Yastrzemski LF	5	1	2	0	0	1
Austin Riley 3B	4	0	2	2	0	0
Ha-Seong Kim SS	3	1	1	0	1	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
James Wood RF	4	1	0	1
Jacob Young CF	0	0	0	0
Abimelec Ortiz DH	4	0	0	0
Dylan Crews RF	3	0	1	0
CJ Abrams 2B	4	0	0	1
Andres Chaparro 3B	2	0	1	1
Daylen Lile LF	3	0	0	0
Yohandy Morales 1B	3	1	0	1
Harry Ford C	2	0	0	1
Keibert Ruiz C	1	0	0	0
Nasim Nuñez SS	3	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dylan Dodd	1.0	0	1	1
Victor Mederos	1.0	0	0	1
Didier Fuentes	1.0	1	0	2
Elieser Hernandez	3.0	1	1	1
Grant Holmes	3.0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching