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Toronto Blue Jays 3 – 2 Washington Nationals

MLB · July 27, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Toronto Blue Jays held off the Washington Nationals tonight, three to two, in what turned out to be a game of early punches and a late scare that never quite landed.

Washington drew first blood in the second, when García Jr. laced a double to right, scoring Nuñez and giving the Nationals the early edge. But Toronto answered immediately in the third, and they answered loudly. Julio Urías went four hundred and sixteen feet to dead center to tie it, and then Clement followed with a double to left that put the Jays on top two to one. The Blue Jays weren't done — they pushed it to three to one in the fourth when Straw singled to center, plating Okamoto, and Toronto looked like they were firmly in control.

Washington had one more answer. Chaparro went four hundred and thirty-two feet to left in the fifth, a solo shot that made it a one-run game and suddenly put some life back into the Nationals' dugout. But that was as close as Washington would get. Toronto's pitching staff shut the door from there and didn't allow another run the rest of the way.

García Jr. went two for five for Washington, Chaparro's homer gave the Nationals a pulse, and for Toronto, Clement's two-RBI night in the middle innings was the difference-maker. In the end, the Blue Jays built their lead early and protected it when it mattered most. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. García Jr. doubled to right, Nuñez scored, Wood to third. P2 · 0–1
  2. Urías homered to center (416 feet). P3 · 1–1
  3. Clement doubled to left, Straw scored. P3 · 2–1
  4. Straw singled to center, Okamoto scored, Urías to third. P4 · 3–1
  5. Chaparro homered to left (432 feet). P5 · 3–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Eddy Yean pitches to Ernie Clement P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Clement flied out to left. P1
P1
Eddy Yean pitches to Nathan Lukes P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Lukes grounded out to third. P1
P1
Eddy Yean pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Guerrero Jr. grounded out to shortstop. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Max Scherzer pitches to James Wood P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Wood singled to left. P1
P1
Max Scherzer pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Wood stole second. P1
Wood stole second. P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
García Jr. singled to right, Wood to third. P1
P1
Max Scherzer pitches to Jose Tena P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Tena struck out swinging. P1
P1
Max Scherzer pitches to CJ Abrams P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P1
Abrams walked, García Jr. to second. Toronto Blue Jays challenged: call on the field was upheld. P1
P1
Max Scherzer pitches to Dylan Crews P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Crews struck out swinging. P1
P1
Max Scherzer pitches to Daylen Lile P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Lile continues to at bat after dropped foul ball by catcher Kirk. P1
Lile continues to at bat after dropped foul ball by catcher Kirk. P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Lile grounded out to first. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Eddy Yean pitches to George Springer P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Springer fouled out to first. P2
P2
Eddy Yean pitches to Alejandro Kirk P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Kirk flied out to right. P2
P2
Eddy Yean pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Okamoto fouled out to first. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Max Scherzer pitches to Keibert Ruiz P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Ruiz fouled out to catcher. P2
P2
Max Scherzer pitches to Jorbit Vivas P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2
Vivas flied out to center. P2
P2
Max Scherzer pitches to Nasim Nunez P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2
Nuñez reached on infield single to third. P2
P2
Max Scherzer pitches to James Wood P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Nuñez stole second. P2
Nuñez stole second. P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P2
Wood walked. P2
P2
Max Scherzer pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
García Jr. doubled to right, Nuñez scored, Wood to third. P2
P2
Max Scherzer pitches to Jose Tena P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Tena grounded out to pitcher. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Eddy Yean pitches to Daulton Varsho P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Varsho grounded out to first. P3
P3
Eddy Yean pitches to Luis Urias P3
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3
Urías homered to center (416 feet). P3
P3
Eddy Yean pitches to Myles Straw P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Straw doubled to left. P3
P3
Eddy Yean pitches to Ernie Clement P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Clement doubled to left, Straw scored. P3
P3
Alvarez relieved Yean P3
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Nathan Lukes P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P3
Lukes walked. P3
P3
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Guerrero Jr. lined out to center. P3
P3
Andrew Alvarez pitches to George Springer P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3
Springer fouled out to third. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Max Scherzer pitches to CJ Abrams P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P3
Abrams walked. P3
P3
Max Scherzer pitches to Dylan Crews P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Crews struck out swinging, Abrams stole second. P3
P3
Max Scherzer pitches to Daylen Lile P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P3
Abrams stole third. P3
Abrams stole third. P3
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 9 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 10 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 11 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 12 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Lile struck out swinging. P3
P3
Fluharty relieved Scherzer P3
Mason Fluharty pitches to Keibert Ruiz P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Ruiz grounded out to third. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Alejandro Kirk P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Kirk grounded out to pitcher. P4
P4
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Okamoto singled to left. P4
P4
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Daulton Varsho P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Varsho flied out to left. P4
P4
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Luis Urias P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Okamoto stole second. P4
Okamoto stole second. P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P4
Urías walked. P4
P4
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Myles Straw P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Straw singled to center, Okamoto scored, Urías to third. P4
P4
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Ernie Clement P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Straw stole second. P4
Straw stole second. Toronto Blue Jays challenged: call on the field was upheld. P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Clement flied out to left. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Mason Fluharty pitches to Jorbit Vivas P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P4
Vivas struck out looking. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was upheld. P4
P4
Mason Fluharty pitches to Nasim Nunez P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Nuñez grounded out to shortstop. P4
P4
Mason Fluharty pitches to James Wood P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Wood grounded out to second. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Nathan Lukes P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
Lukes lined out to left. P5
P5
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Guerrero Jr. doubled to right. P5
P5
Andrew Alvarez pitches to George Springer P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Springer reached on infield single to shortstop, Guerrero Jr. to third. P5
P5
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Alejandro Kirk P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Kirk struck out swinging. P5
P5
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Guerrero Jr. picked off and caught stealing home. P5
Guerrero Jr. picked off and caught stealing home. P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Macko relieved Fluharty P5
Adam Macko pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
García Jr. popped out to second. P5
P5
Chaparro hit for Tena P5
Adam Macko pitches to Andres Chaparro P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Chaparro homered to left (432 feet). P5
P5
Adam Macko pitches to CJ Abrams P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Abrams struck out swinging. P5
P5
Miles relieved Macko P5
Spencer Miles pitches to Dylan Crews P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Crews grounded out to third. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Chaparro as designated hitter. P6
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Okamoto struck out swinging. P6
P6
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Daulton Varsho P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Varsho struck out swinging. P6
P6
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Luis Urias P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 4 P6
Urías walked. P6
P6
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Myles Straw P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Straw grounded out to shortstop. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Spencer Miles pitches to Daylen Lile P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6
Lile singled to center. P6
P6
Spencer Miles pitches to Keibert Ruiz P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Ruiz lined into double play, second to first, Lile doubled off first. P6
P6
Spencer Miles pitches to Jorbit Vivas P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Looking P6
Vivas struck out looking. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Ernie Clement P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Clement flied out to center. P7
P7
Andrew Alvarez pitches to Nathan Lukes P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Lukes grounded out to second. P7
P7
Schultz relieved Alvarez P7
Paxton Schultz pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Guerrero Jr. grounded out to second. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Rogers relieved Miles P7
Tyler Rogers pitches to Nasim Nunez P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Nuñez grounded out to shortstop. P7
P7
Tyler Rogers pitches to James Wood P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P7
Wood struck out looking. P7
P7
Tyler Rogers pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
García Jr. grounded out to first. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Paxton Schultz pitches to George Springer P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8
Springer grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Paxton Schultz pitches to Alejandro Kirk P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P8
Kirk walked. P8
P8
Schneider ran for Kirk P8
Paxton Schultz pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8
Okamoto grounded into fielder's choice to third, Schneider out at second. P8
P8
Palmquist relieved Schultz P8
Carson Palmquist pitches to Daulton Varsho P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Varsho flied out to left. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Valenzuela catching. P8
Hoffman relieved Rogers P8
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Andres Chaparro P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Chaparro struck out swinging. P8
P8
Jeff Hoffman pitches to CJ Abrams P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Abrams struck out swinging. P8
P8
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Dylan Crews P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Crews doubled to center. P8
P8
Jeff Hoffman pitches to Daylen Lile P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Lile struck out swinging. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Carson Palmquist pitches to Luis Urias P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Urías popped out to second. P9
P9
Carson Palmquist pitches to Myles Straw P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Straw grounded out to shortstop. P9
P9
Carson Palmquist pitches to Ernie Clement P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P9
Clement flied out to center. P9
P9
Middle of the 9th inning P9
Bottom of the 9th inning P9
Clement at second base. P9
Giménez at shortstop. P9
Varland relieved Hoffman P9
Louis Varland pitches to Keibert Ruiz P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Ruiz popped out to second. P9
P9
Louis Varland pitches to Jorbit Vivas P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Vivas struck out swinging. P9
P9
Louis Varland pitches to Nasim Nunez P9
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9
Nuñez singled to center. P9
P9
Louis Varland pitches to James Wood P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P9
Wood walked, Nuñez to second. P9
P9
Louis Varland pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
García Jr. struck out swinging. P9
P9
End of the 9th inning P9