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August 7, 2026 · NL East

Cincinnati Reds vs Washington Nationals

August 7, 2026Nationals ParkCloudy 86°F · 7 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
56-59
3
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
57-61
5

Game Highlights

Published August 7, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile homers (15) on a fly ball to right field. CJ Abrams scores. Brady House scores. CIN 0, WSH 3
T2 Eugenio Suárez Eugenio Suárez homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. CIN 1, WSH 3
T3 Matt McLain Matt McLain homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. CIN 2, WSH 3
T3 Elly De La Cruz Elly De La Cruz homers (20) on a fly ball to left field. CIN 3, WSH 3
B4 Harry Ford Harry Ford homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Daylen Lile scores. CIN 3, WSH 5

Box score

  123456789 R
CIN 012000000 3
WSH 300200000 5

Pitching & bullpen

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

Reds AWAY 3

Reds opened with Chase Petty, then turned the bulk of the game over to Julian Garcia.

workload · innings pitched
  • Chase Petty Opener 1.2 38 3 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Chase Petty threw
    CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 44% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 16 42% 0 6 1 6 3
    Sweeper 9 24% 1 0 1 7 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 6 16% 2 0 0 2 2
    Changeup 6 16% 2 0 1 2 1
    Slider 1 3% 0 0 0 0 1
  • Julian Garcia Bulk 2.1 39 2 3 L inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Luis Mey Middle 2.2 37 0 4
  • Zach McCambley Middle 1.1 29 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
Nationals HOME 5

Cade Cavalli started for Nationals, leaving with a 5–3 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cade Cavalli Starter 6.0 100 3 8 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cade Cavalli threw
    CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 69% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Knuckle Curve 30 30% 6 6 5 11 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 26% 2 4 4 10 6
    Sweeper 19 19% 6 6 2 3 2
    Cutter 10 10% 1 1 0 5 3
    Changeup 8 8% 2 0 1 4 1
    Sinker 7 7% 2 0 1 2 2
  • Yovanny Cruz Middle 1.0 13 0 1 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Orlando Ribalta Setup 1.0 7 0 0 HLD
  • Clayton Beeter Closer 1.0 8 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 4th · off Garcia
  • Ford HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Elly De La Cruz SS 2 1 1 1 2 0 .277 .360 .509 .869 HR (20)
Sal Stewart 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 .333 .479 .812
JJ Bleday LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .228 .343 .466 .809
Tyler Stephenson C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 .332 .414 .746
Eugenio Suárez DH 4 1 1 1 0 2 .203 .281 .395 .676 HR (15)
Héctor Rodríguez CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .111 .273 .222 .495 2B
Noelvi Marte RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .198 .239 .339 .578 SB
Ivan Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .231 .091 .322
Matt McLain 2B 3 1 2 1 0 1 .195 .293 .348 .641 HR (10), 2B
Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .198 .242 .440
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
CJ Abrams DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 .361 .548 .909
Abimelec Ortiz 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .467 .717
Brady House 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 .229 .281 .398 .679
Daylen Lile LF 4 2 2 3 0 2 .244 .296 .421 .717 HR (15), 2B
Dylan Crews RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .217 .295 .365 .660
Harry Ford C 3 1 1 2 0 1 .200 .333 .457 .790 HR (2)
Nasim Nuñez SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .315 .269 .584
Jacob Young CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .243 .310 .396 .706
José Tena 2B 2 0 1 0 1 0 .238 .308 .383 .691

Pitching lines

AWAY · CIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Chase Petty 1.2 2 3 2 1 1 1 38 4.83
Julian Garcia 2.1 2 2 2 0 3 1 39 2.74 L
Luis Mey 2.2 2 0 0 0 4 0 37 5.56
Zach McCambley 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 29 4.70
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cade Cavalli 6.0 7 3 3 2 8 3 100 3.57 W
Yovanny Cruz 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13 2.70 HLD
Orlando Ribalta 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.34 HLD
Clayton Beeter 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.86 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · CIN
Terry Francona
Lineup 3.1 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 4.4 R
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 2.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · CIN
3-7 L2 -41 run diff
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HOME · WSH
6-4 L1 +4 run diff
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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.

Read the full methodology.