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Washington Nationals @ San Diego Padres

2026-09-07 · Day game · PETCO Park · Att: 38149 · 91°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 9 mph, L To R · 2:25

San Diego Padres defeated Washington Nationals 3–2. San Diego Padres opened the scoring in the 1st — Jackson Merrill singles on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Manny Machado scores. Ty France to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Dylan Crews homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. Abimelec Ortiz scores — worth 17% 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	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5
SDN	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
James Wood RF	4	0	1	0	0
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	4	1	1	0	1
Dylan Crews LF	4	1	2	2	0
CJ Abrams 2B	4	0	0	0	1
Brady House 3B	4	0	0	0	2
Daylen Lile DH	3	0	0	0	2
Keibert Ruiz C	3	0	0	0	0
Yohandy Morales PH	1	0	0	0	1
Nasim Nuñez SS	0	0	0	0	0
Jorbit Vivas 2B	2	0	1	0	0
Jacob Young CF	3	0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Tatis RF	4	1	3	0	0	1
Jake Cronenworth 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Machado 3B	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ty France 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jackson Merrill CF	4	0	3	2	0	0
Luis Campusano DH	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dustin Harris LF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jase Bowen LF	0	0	0	0	1	0
Xander Bogaerts SS	3	0	1	0	1	1
Freddy Fermin C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Salas C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Hays PH	1	0	0	0	0	0