ATL 7, WSH 2 | Apr 23, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, April 23, 2026•Nationals Park•78°F, Partly Cloudy

ATL

Braves

WSH

Nationals

Final

WIN

JR Ritchie

LOSS

Cionel Pérez

The Braves cruised past the Nationals 7-2 in a dominant performance.

★Michael Harris II3-for-4, 2 RBI

★Matt Olson3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Ozzie Albies3-for-4, 4 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Ozzie Albies singles on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Matt Olson scores. Austin Riley scores.

Weather: 78°F, Partly CloudyWind: 4 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 2:32Att: 14,613Venue: Nationals Park

Ump Audit

Chris Segal

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94.2%B

8 missed calls

No WPA favor

No run favor

Win Probability

WSH WinATL Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	7	14	0
WSH	1	0	0	1	0	0	0

Game 822745 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Atlanta Braves

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Ronald Acuña Jr.RF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.232/.339/.333	108.3	.161	.145
Drake BaldwinC	4	1	1	0	1	3	.318/.392/.551	85.2	.554	.499
Matt Olson1B	5	2	3	0	0	2	.282/.359/.592	109.1	.321	.336
Austin Riley3B	4	2	1	0	1	2	.222/.313/.364	96.4	.056	.063
Ozzie Albies2B	4	2	3	4	0	1	.297/.342/.475	104.5	.842	.815
Jorge MateoSS	1	0	0	0	0	1	.304/.360/.478	-	-	-
Dominic SmithDH	3	0	2	0	0	0	.362/.387/.603	96.6	.589	.539
Mauricio DubónLF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.281/.326/.427	90.6	.062	.056
Eli WhiteCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.192/.214/.346	89	.001	-
Bench
Michael Harris IICF	4	0	3	2	0	0	.318/.356/.565	111.4	.652	.693
Mike YastrzemskiLF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.195/.279/.260
Totals	39	7	14	6	2	15	-	-	-	-

HR:Albies (9th off Fernández, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:II; Olson; Riley

TB:20

RBI:II 2; Albies 4

SB:Baldwin

SF:Albies

Team LOB:10

Washington Nationals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
James WoodRF	4	1	1	1	0	2	.255/.402/.608	102.4	.367

Pitching

Atlanta Braves

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
JR RitchieW	7.0	5	2	2	2	7	2	89-54	88.3	2.57
Dylan Lee	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-8	89	0.75
Carlos Carrasco	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-8	89.8	0.00
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	2	10	2	112-70	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Ritchie 89-54; Lee 13-8; Carrasco 10-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Ritchie 6-6; Lee 1-0; Carrasco 1-1

Washington Nationals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Cade Cavalli	5.0	7	2	2	0	10	0	85-62	91.7	4.01

Game Notes

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T2Replay review: Braves challenged (hit by pitch), call on the field was overturned: Dominic Smith hit by pitch.

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B5Replay review: Drake Baldwin challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: James Wood called out on strikes.

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B8Replay review: Drake Baldwin challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: James Wood called out on strikes.

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B9Replay review: Nationals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: José Tena grounds out, third baseman Austin Riley to first baseman Matt Olson.

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T7Wild pitch by Gus Varland

Bot 1 • WSH

0-1

James Wood homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 102.4 mph💣 387 ftLA: 32°

Top 4 • ATL

2-1

Michael Harris II singles on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Austin Riley scores.

EV: 111.4 mph220 ftLA: 8°

1-1

Ozzie Albies out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder James Wood. Matt Olson scores. Austin Riley to 3rd.

EV: 78.1 mph282 ftLA: 36°

Bot 4 • WSH

2-2

CJ Abrams homers (7) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 107.1 mph💣 426 ftLA: 26°

Top 7 • ATL

6-2

Michael Harris II doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Ozzie Albies scores.

EV: 109.4 mph377 ftLA: 18°

5-2

Ozzie Albies singles on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Matt Olson scores. Austin Riley scores.

EV: 103.7 mph192 ftLA: 12°

Top 9 • ATL

7-2

Ozzie Albies homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 104.5 mph💣 396 ftLA: 35°

WP:Varland

HBP:Smith (by Cavalli)

Inherited runners-scored:Lovelady 1-0; Varland 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Cavalli 85-62; Lovelady 11-9; Pérez 20-8; Varland 13-10; Fernández 30-20

Groundouts-flyouts:Cavalli 3-2; Lovelady 2-0; Pérez 0-0; Varland 0-1; Fernández 1-3

Bench
Luis García Jr.1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.244/.279/.354	101.7	.198	.264
Keibert RuizC	2	0	0	0	0	0	.191/.220/.319	85.9	.014	.019
Joey WiemerPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.348/.434/.630	100.4	.301	.271
Cade CavalliP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Richard LoveladyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cionel PérezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gus VarlandP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Julian FernándezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-