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September 22, 2026 · AL Cent

Washington Nationals vs Detroit Tigers

September 22, 2026Comerica ParkPartly Cloudy 64°F · 7 mph, L To R
AWAY
Washington Nationals
74-84
3
vs
HOME
Detroit Tigers
74-84
1

Game Highlights

Published September 22, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams homers (32) on a fly ball to right center field. WSH 1, DET 0
B6 Spencer Torkelson Spencer Torkelson walks. WSH 1, DET 1
T7 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams homers (33) on a fly ball to right field. Dylan Crews scores. WSH 3, DET 1

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 010000200 3
DET 000001000 1

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 3

Riley Cornelio started for Nationals, leaving with a 1–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Jackson Kent took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Riley Cornelio Starter 2.2 60 0 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Riley Cornelio threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 55% 5.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 31 52% 5 6 8 10 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 27% 0 1 5 8 2
    Cutter 13 22% 1 2 1 9 0
  • Jackson Kent Reliever 4.0 72 1 3 W inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Jack Sinclair Middle 1.1 14 0 1 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Erik Tolman Middle 1.0 22 0 3 SV
Tigers HOME 1

Drew Anderson started for Tigers, leaving trailing 0–1.

workload · innings pitched
  • Drew Anderson Starter 6.0 71 3 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Drew Anderson threw
    CSW 39% 1st-pitch strike 82% 3.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 28 39% 1 7 5 6 9
    Changeup 25 35% 8 5 2 4 6
    Curveball 15 21% 0 6 2 6 1
    Slider 2 3% 0 0 0 1 1
    Sinker 1 1% 0 1 0 0 0
  • Tyler Kinley Setup 1.0 8 0 1
  • Brant Hurter Middle 1.0 19 0 2
  • Beau Brieske Middle 1.0 10 0 0

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 7th · off Anderson
  • Abrams HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .265 .388 .509 .897
Daylen Lile LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 .299 .434 .733
Dylan Crews CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .226 .290 .372 .662 2 SB
CJ Abrams 2B 4 2 2 3 0 1 .261 .335 .500 .835 2 HR (32, 33)
Andrés Chaparro 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .257 .359 .503 .862
Jorbit Vivas 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .335 .327 .662
Yohandy Morales DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282 .282 .615 .897
Keibert Ruiz C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .283 .320 .449 .769
Nasim Nuñez SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .208 .288 .241 .529 SB
HOME · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Gleyber Torres DH 4 0 1 0 1 2 .260 .364 .363 .727
Kevin McGonigle 3B 5 0 2 0 0 3 .276 .376 .425 .801 2B
Eduardo Valencia C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .342 .369 .607 .976
Brett Callahan RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .215 .278 .338 .616
Max Clark CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .280 .360 .433 .793
Spencer Torkelson 1B 0 0 0 0 3 0 .230 .330 .428 .758
Javier Báez LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .266 .355 .621
John Peck SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .169 .286 .186 .472
Hao-Yu Lee 2B 3 0 1 0 2 1 .268 .326 .435 .761
Ben Malgeri RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .243 .351 .396 .747 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Riley Cornelio 2.2 1 0 0 3 4 0 60 3.89
Jackson Kent 4.0 6 1 1 2 3 0 72 5.94 W
Jack Sinclair 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.00 HLD
Erik Tolman 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 22 3.38 SV
HOME · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Drew Anderson 6.0 5 3 3 0 5 2 71 3.67 L
Tyler Kinley 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.38
Brant Hurter 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 2.94
Beau Brieske 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.76

Manager comparison

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 4.0 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 2.4 R
HOME · DET
A.J. Hinch
Lineup 5.0 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.4 R

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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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