WSH 8, PIT 7 | Apr 16, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, April 16, 2026•PNC Park•75°F, Partly Cloudy

WSH

Nationals

PIT

Pirates

Final

WIN

Clayton Beeter

LOSS

Dennis Santana

SAVE

Orlando Ribalta

The Nationals edged the Pirates 8-7 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Jake Mangum3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Marcell Ozuna3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Brandon Lowe singles on a ground ball to shortstop CJ Abrams, deflected by second baseman Nasim Nuñez. Jake Mangum scores. Oneil Cruz to 3rd. Nick Yorke to 2nd.

Weather: 75°F, Partly CloudyWind: 13 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 4:35 PM UTCT: 3:30Att: 10,504Venue: PNC Park

Ump Audit

D.J. Reyburn

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94.2%B

9 missed calls

+3.7% WSH

No run favor

Win Probability

PIT WinWSH Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
WSH	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	8	10	0
PIT	0	0	0	0	4

Game 823396 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Washington Nationals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
James WoodRF	6	1	2	1	0	2	.256/.376/.526	106.3	.590	.676
Curtis Mead1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.222/.300/.389	82.8	.132	.125
Brady House3B	6	0	1	0	0	2	.243/.293/.386	94.4	.123	.111
Daylen LileLF	5	1	2	0	0	1	.277/.310/.337	95.5	.471	.440
CJ AbramsSS	2	0	1	0	2	0	.371/.481/.710	104.4	.118	.106
Jacob YoungCF	4	0	0	1	0	2	.245/.286/.434	107.8	.224	.202
Jorbit VivasDH	4	3	1	0	0	1	.324/.435/.351	89.9	.204	.189
Keibert RuizC	2	0	0	0	0	0	.171/.189/.314	105.7	.304	.372
Nasim Nuñez2B	2	1	0	0	2	1	.200/.302/.218	96.2	.203	.255
Bench
Luis García Jr.1B	3	1	0	1	0	1	.233/.270/.367	84.4	.019	.016
Drew MillasC	2	1	2	0	0	0	.179/.281/.214
Totals	40	8	10	4	4	10	-	-	-	-

2B:Millas; Wiemer; Lile

TB:13

RBI:Wiemer; Wood; Young; Jr.

SB:Wood; Jr.

GIDP:Vivas; Young

Team LOB:11

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jake MangumLF	5	2	3	0	1	0	.275/.341/.300	101.8	.295

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Foster Griffin	5.1	8	4	4	1	7	1	89-60	85.8	3.05
Paxton SchultzBS	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	5-5	88.8	5.40
PJ Poulin	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7-7	83.5	4.22
Gus VarlandH	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	90.8	4.05
Cionel PérezH	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16-10	87.9	7.27
Clayton BeeterWBS	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	32-19	92.8	3.86
Orlando RibaltaS	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-12	91.1	0.00
Totals	10.0	15	7	7	3	11	1	173-119	-	-

HBP:O'Hearn (by Beeter)

Inherited runners-scored:Poulin 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Griffin 89-60; Schultz 5-5; Poulin 7-7; Varland 10-6; Pérez 16-10; Beeter 32-19; Ribalta 14-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Griffin 4-4; Schultz 1-0; Poulin 1-0; Varland 1-1; Pérez 1-0; Beeter 1-1; Ribalta 1-0

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Braxton Ashcraft	5.2	5	5	2	2	7	0	90-64	91.7	2.38

Game Notes

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T5Replay review: Pirates challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Luis García Jr. reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Konnor Griffin. Jorbit Vivas scores. Drew Millas scores. Nasim Nuñez scores. Luis García Jr. to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop Konnor Griffin.

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B8Replay review: Konnor Griffin challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Konnor Griffin called out on strikes.

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T7Wild pitch by Yohan Ramírez

Top 5 • WSH

4-0

Brady House grounds out, third baseman Nick Gonzales to first baseman Nick Yorke.

EV: 76.8 mph7 ftLA: -27°

3-0

Pirates challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Luis García Jr. reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Konnor Griffin. Jorbit Vivas scores. Drew Millas scores. Nasim Nuñez scores. Luis García Jr. to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop Konnor Griffin.

EV: 84.4 mph7 ftLA: -24°

Bot 5 • PIT

4-1

Oneil Cruz doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to right fielder James Wood. Billy Cook scores. Jake Mangum to 3rd.

EV: 119.0 mph310 ftLA: 11°

4-4

Marcell Ozuna homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Jake Mangum scores. Oneil Cruz scores.

EV: 109.6 mph💣 423 ftLA: 32°

Top 6 • WSH

5-4

Joey Wiemer doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Jake Mangum. Jorbit Vivas scores.

EV: 97.7 mph308 ftLA: 20°

Bot 6 • PIT

5-5

Konnor Griffin triples (1) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Daylen Lile. Joey Bart scores.

EV: 108.7 mph403 ftLA: 23°

5-6

Nick Gonzales singles on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Spencer Horwitz scores. Nick Gonzales out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder James Wood to first baseman Luis García Jr. to shortstop CJ Abrams. Jake Mangum to 3rd.

EV: 97.2 mph253 ftLA: 14°

Top 7 • WSH

7-6

Jorbit Vivas strikes out swinging.

6-6

Jacob Young hit by pitch. James Wood scores. Daylen Lile to 3rd. CJ Abrams to 2nd.

Bot 9 • PIT

7-7

Brandon Lowe singles on a ground ball to shortstop CJ Abrams, deflected by second baseman Nasim Nuñez. Jake Mangum scores. Oneil Cruz to 3rd. Nick Yorke to 2nd.

EV: 93.5 mph18 ftLA: -7°

Top 10 • WSH

8-7

James Wood singles on a ground ball to right fielder Bryan Reynolds. Jorbit Vivas scores.

EV: 106.3 mph63 ftLA: 1°

Bench
Nick Gonzales3B	4	0	2	1	0	1	.263/.311/.316	97.2	.479	.456
Joey BartC	5	1	1	0	0	2	.148/.226/.259	90	.283	.263
Billy CookLF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.333/.333/.333	101.4	.110	.114
Spencer Horwitz1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	.217/.339/.304	94.2	.093	.095
Braxton AshcraftP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Evan SiskP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Yohan RamírezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Isaac MattsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Justin LawrenceP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Dennis SantanaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-