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Washington Nationals @ San Diego Padres

2026-09-09 · Day game · PETCO Park · Att: 33276 · 95°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 5 mph, L To R · 2:53

San Diego Padres defeated Washington Nationals 9–2. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Keibert Ruiz homers (10) on a fly ball to right field. San Diego Padres took the lead in the 3rd — Jackson Merrill triples (4) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Dylan Crews, deflected by center fielder Jacob Young. Manny Machado scores. Ty France scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Jackson Merrill triples (4) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Dylan Crews, deflected by center fielder Jacob Young. Manny Machado scores. Ty France scores — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
SDN	0	0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	9	16

Washington Nationals — batting

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

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Tatis 2B	5	1	3	1	0	0
Xander Bogaerts SS	4	1	1	0	1	0
Manny Machado 3B	4	1	0	0	1	2
Ty France 1B	5	2	3	1	0	1
Jackson Merrill CF	5	2	4	6	0	0
Luis Campusano C	4	0	1	0	1	0
Ethan Salas DH	2	0	0	0	0	1
Austin Hays DH	2	1	2	0	0	0
Samad Taylor LF	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jase Bowen RF	3	0	0	0	0	2