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May 23, 2026 · NL East

Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves

May 23, 2026Truist ParkCloudy 78°F · 3 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Washington Nationals
26-27
2
vs
HOME
Atlanta Braves
36-17
0

Game Highlights

Published May 23, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T4 Dylan Crews Dylan Crews homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. WSH 1, ATL 0
T5 Jorbit Vivas Jorbit Vivas homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. WSH 2, ATL 0

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 000110000 2
ATL 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

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

Nationals AWAY 2

Jake Irvin started for Nationals, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jake Irvin Starter 5.0 80 0 7 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jake Irvin threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 56% 5.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Curveball 39 49% 10 2 12 12 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 29 36% 1 5 5 13 5
    Sinker 9 11% 0 4 4 1 0
    Changeup 3 4% 1 0 0 2 0
  • Brad Lord Middle 3.0 47 0 3 HLD
  • Richard Lovelady Middle 1.0 11 0 1 SV
Braves HOME 0

Grant Holmes started for Braves, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched
  • Grant Holmes Starter 5.0 87 2 10 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Grant Holmes threw
    CSW 38% 1st-pitch strike 55% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 34 39% 10 5 6 8 5
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 26% 1 7 4 8 3
    Curveball 14 16% 5 0 2 6 1
    Changeup 8 9% 1 0 1 5 1
    Cutter 7 8% 1 3 2 1 0
    Sinker 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Dylan Dodd Middle 3.0 30 0 3
  • Tyler Kinley Reliever 1.0 11 0 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 4th · off Holmes
  • Crews HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood LF 2 0 1 0 2 1 .256 .396 .517 .913
Luis García Jr. 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253 .279 .392 .671
José Tena DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 .232 .290 .414 .704
CJ Abrams SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .293 .384 .545 .929
Dylan Crews RF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .200 .238 .350 .588 HR (1)
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .184 .290 .204 .494
Jorbit Vivas 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .247 .330 .340 .670 HR (1)
Keibert Ruiz C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .263 .279 .505 .784 2B
Daylen Lile LF 4 0 1 0 0 3 .267 .320 .443 .763 3B
HOME · ATL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Ronald Acuña Jr. RF 4 0 0 0 0 4 .247 .356 .363 .719
Michael Harris II CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 .319 .508 .827
Matt Olson 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .263 .343 .546 .889
Ozzie Albies 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 .325 .422 .747
Dominic Smith DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 .327 .350 .518 .868
Austin Riley 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .217 .288 .379 .667
Mauricio Dubón SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .265 .317 .400 .717
Mike Yastrzemski LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .229 .303 .357 .660
Chadwick Tromp C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jake Irvin 5.0 0 0 0 1 7 0 80 5.23 W
Brad Lord 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 47 2.83 HLD
Richard Lovelady 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.38 SV
HOME · ATL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Grant Holmes 5.0 6 2 2 2 10 2 87 3.78 L
Dylan Dodd 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 30 1.13
Tyler Kinley 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 3.57

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · ATL
3-6 L2 -21 run diff
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Season series: 1-0 with WSH 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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