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April 22, 2026 · NL East

Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals

April 22, 2026Nationals ParkPartly Cloudy 72°F · 7 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
17-8
8
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
11-14
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATL
Didier Fuentes
Didier Fuentes
IP 3
HOME · WSH
Zack Littell
Zack Littell
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · ATL
  1. 1 Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
  2. 2 Drake Baldwin DH
  3. 3 Matt Olson 1B
  4. 4 Austin Riley 3B
  5. 5 Ozzie Albies 2B
  6. 6 Michael Harris II CF
  7. 7 Mauricio Dubón SS
  8. 8 Mike Yastrzemski LF
  9. 9 Jonah Heim C
HOME · WSH
  1. 1 James Wood RF
  2. 2 Luis García Jr. 1B
  3. 3 Brady House 3B
  4. 4 CJ Abrams SS
  5. 5 Daylen Lile LF
  6. 6 Jacob Young CF
  7. 7 Jorbit Vivas 2B
  8. 8 José Tena DH
  9. 9 Keibert Ruiz C

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 131300000 8
WSH 400002000 6

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
C+ Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
C Lineup 1.6 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
7-3 L1 +18 run diff
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HOME · WSH
6-4 W3 +6 run diff
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Season series: 3-1 with ATL listed first across 4 prior meetings.

Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · Atlanta Braves
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.85 vs actual lineup 4.87
  • Player execution +3.13 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.87 projection by 3.13 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +3.15 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Jr. 0-for-3 batting 1st

HOME · Washington Nationals
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.08 vs actual lineup 4.06
  • Player execution +1.94 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.06 projection by 1.94 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.92 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Wiemer HR from the 8-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.8 – 4.1 — actual was 8 – 6.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.