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September 16, 2026 · NL East

Philadelphia Phillies vs Washington Nationals

September 16, 2026Nationals ParkClear 84°F · 6 mph, R To L
AWAY
Philadelphia Phillies
84-68
3
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
71-82
0

Game Highlights

Published September 16, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Alec Bohm Alec Bohm singles on a line drive to center fielder Dylan Crews. Trea Turner scores. Bryce Harper to 3rd. Luis Arraez to 2nd. PHI 1, WSH 0
T1 Bryson Stott Bryson Stott walks. Bryce Harper scores. Luis Arraez to 3rd. Alec Bohm to 2nd. PHI 2, WSH 0
T7 Luis Arraez Luis Arraez doubles (33) on a line drive to center fielder Dylan Crews. Bryce Harper scores. PHI 3, WSH 0

Box score

  123456789 R
PHI 200000100 3
WSH 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.

Phillies AWAY 3

Zack Wheeler started for Phillies, leaving with a 3–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Zack Wheeler Starter 7.0 91 0 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Zack Wheeler threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 60% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 37 41% 7 5 9 10 6
    Splitter 21 23% 4 1 2 7 7
    Cutter 15 16% 1 0 2 9 3
    Sinker 8 9% 1 1 4 1 1
    Curveball 7 8% 0 1 1 4 1
    Sweeper 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
  • José Alvarado Setup 1.0 16 0 1 HLD
  • Jhoan Duran Closer 1.0 21 0 2 SV
Nationals HOME 0

Nationals opened with Jared Simpson, then turned the bulk of the game over to Riley Cornelio. Out of the bullpen, Richard Lovelady took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jared Simpson Opener 0.1 26 2 0 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jared Simpson threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 15 58% 0 3 2 8 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 4 15% 0 2 1 1 0
    Slider 4 15% 0 0 0 4 0
    Splitter 3 12% 0 0 0 3 0
  • Riley Cornelio Bulk 2.2 34 0 1 inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Will Dion Long 2.2 45 0 3
  • Richard Lovelady Setup 0.2 13 1 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Luis Perales Middle 2.0 49 0 2 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Yovanny Cruz Middle 0.2 9 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Simpson
  • Bohm 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · PHI
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Kyle Schwarber DH 4 0 0 0 1 2 .237 .352 .518 .870
Trea Turner SS 4 1 0 0 1 1 .240 .292 .382 .674 SB
Bryce Harper RF 4 2 1 0 1 1 .270 .384 .495 .879
Luis Arraez 2B 2 0 1 1 3 0 .316 .352 .430 .782 2B
Alec Bohm 1B 2 0 2 1 3 0 .251 .316 .392 .708
Bryson Stott 3B 3 0 0 1 2 0 .247 .324 .386 .710 SB
J.T. Realmuto C 4 0 0 0 1 2 .218 .293 .351 .644
Brandon Marsh LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .306 .409 .715
Justin Crawford CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .266 .316 .357 .673 2B
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .391 .518 .909
Daylen Lile LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .251 .304 .438 .742
Abimelec Ortiz 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .205 .250 .376 .626
CJ Abrams SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 .339 .495 .834 2B
José Tena DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 .221 .303 .368 .671
Jorbit Vivas 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 .333 .331 .664
Dylan Crews CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .290 .369 .659
Brady House 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .239 .302 .394 .696
Keibert Ruiz C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .288 .325 .460 .785
Nasim Nuñez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .292 .245 .537
Andrés Chaparro PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .258 .359 .517 .876

Pitching lines

AWAY · PHI
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Zack Wheeler 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 91 2.99 W
José Alvarado 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 5.20 HLD
Jhoan Duran 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 1.79 SV
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jared Simpson 0.1 1 2 2 4 0 0 26 10.38 L
Riley Cornelio 2.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 34 4.45
Will Dion 2.2 2 0 0 1 3 0 45 3.92
Richard Lovelady 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 13 3.94
Luis Perales 2.0 0 0 0 5 2 0 49 9.00
Yovanny Cruz 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 4.26

Manager comparison

AWAY · PHI
Don Mattingly
Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 1.3 R Interim
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 2.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · PHI
4-6 W1 -9 run diff
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HOME · WSH
6-4 L1 +4 run diff
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Season series: 1-1 with PHI listed first across 2 prior meetings.

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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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