ARCHIVE April 20, 2026
April 20, 2026 · NL East

Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals

April 20, 2026Nationals ParkPartly Cloudy 53°F · 13 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
16-7
9
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
10-13
4

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Jacob Young Jacob Young singles on a line drive to right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. Brady House scores. CJ Abrams scores. Daylen Lile to 3rd. ATL 0, WSH 2
T4 Matt Olson Matt Olson homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Drake Baldwin scores. ATL 2, WSH 2
B4 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. ATL 2, WSH 3
T6 Drake Baldwin Drake Baldwin doubles (4) on a ground ball to left fielder Daylen Lile. Mike Yastrzemski scores. Ronald Acuña Jr. scores. ATL 4, WSH 3
T6 Ozzie Albies Ozzie Albies singles on a fly ball to left fielder Daylen Lile. Drake Baldwin scores. Austin Riley to 2nd. ATL 5, WSH 3
T6 Michael Harris II Michael Harris II singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jacob Young. Austin Riley scores. Ozzie Albies to 3rd. ATL 6, WSH 3
T6 Dominic Smith Dominic Smith grounds into a force out, pitcher Brad Lord to shortstop CJ Abrams. Ozzie Albies scores. Michael Harris II out at 2nd. Dominic Smith to 1st. ATL 7, WSH 3
B6 Jacob Young Jacob Young reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Austin Riley. CJ Abrams scores. Jacob Young to 2nd. ATL 7, WSH 4
T9 Eli White Eli White singles on a bunt ground ball to first baseman Luis García Jr. Jorge Mateo scores. Mike Yastrzemski to 2nd. ATL 8, WSH 4
T9 Matt Olson Matt Olson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jacob Young. Mike Yastrzemski scores. Eli White to 3rd. ATL 9, WSH 4

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 000205002 9
WSH 200101000 4

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Braves AWAY 9

Bryce Elder started for Braves, leaving with a 7–4 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bryce Elder Starter 6.2 98 4 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bryce Elder threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 44% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 32 33% 1 4 6 15 6
    Slider 27 28% 5 1 8 8 5
    Sinker 18 18% 0 4 2 8 4
    Cutter 12 12% 0 3 1 6 2
    Changeup 9 9% 1 0 3 4 1
  • Aaron Bummer Reliever 0.1 3 0 0 HLD
  • Tyler Kinley Reliever 1.0 15 0 2 HLD
  • Joel Payamps Reliever 1.0 10 0 1
Nationals HOME 4

Jake Irvin started for Nationals, leaving with a 3–2 lead. Out of the bullpen, PJ Poulin took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jake Irvin Starter 5.0 68 4 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jake Irvin threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 79% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 23 34% 0 8 4 6 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 26% 2 0 4 9 3
    Sweeper 10 15% 2 0 2 4 2
    Cutter 8 12% 0 3 1 2 2
    Curveball 6 9% 1 0 2 2 1
    Changeup 3 4% 0 0 1 2 0
  • PJ Poulin Reliever 0.1 11 2 0 BS inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Brad Lord Middle 2.2 37 1 1 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Julian Fernández Reliever 1.0 29 2 1

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 6th · off Poulin
  • Baldwin 2B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Eli White RF 2 0 1 1 0 1 .182 .208 .227 .435
Drake Baldwin C 4 2 2 2 1 0 .313 .377 .510 .887 2B
Matt Olson 1B 4 1 1 3 0 0 .278 .365 .589 .954 HR (6)
Austin Riley 3B 4 1 0 0 1 2 .239 .323 .386 .709
Ozzie Albies 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .281 .337 .449 .786
Michael Harris II CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .288 .333 .466 .799
Dominic Smith DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 .345 .362 .600 .962
Jorge Mateo SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 .318 .375 .500 .875
Mike Yastrzemski LF 4 2 0 0 0 1 .203 .295 .275 .570
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF 1 1 0 0 0 1 .244 .359 .360 .719
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 .366 .527 .893
Luis García Jr. 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .208 .250 .319 .569
Brady House 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2 .235 .278 .353 .631
CJ Abrams SS 2 2 0 0 1 1 .312 .432 .584 1.016 SB
Daylen Lile LF 3 1 1 1 1 0 .284 .327 .411 .738 HR (2)
Jacob Young CF 4 0 1 2 0 1 .254 .286 .403 .689
José Tena DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 .324 .375 .351 .726
Drew Millas C 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .250 .222 .472
Nasim Nuñez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .273 .191 .464

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bryce Elder 6.2 3 4 3 2 6 1 98 1.50 W
Aaron Bummer 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.76 HLD
Tyler Kinley 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 0.90 HLD
Joel Payamps 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 4.15
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jake Irvin 5.0 3 4 3 0 4 1 68 6.00 L
PJ Poulin 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 0 11 4.97 BS
Brad Lord 2.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 37 4.42
Julian Fernández 1.0 1 2 0 2 1 0 29 0.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
Walt Weiss
Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.5 R
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
Blake Butera
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
3-6 L2 -21 run diff
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HOME · WSH
6-4 W1 +8 run diff
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Season series: 0-1 with ATL listed first across 1 prior meeting.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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