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Washington Nationals 2 – 6 Atlanta Braves

MLB · July 31, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Atlanta Braves handed the Washington Nationals a six to two defeat tonight, and it wasn't particularly close once the sixth inning arrived.

Atlanta struck first and struck early — Matt Olson put one four hundred and ninety six feet into right field in the opening frame to put the Braves on the board, and they doubled that lead in the second when Jarvis singled through the middle to score Dubón. Washington wasn't dead yet — Abrams answered with a solo shot to right in the fourth to make it two to one, and for a moment it felt like the Nationals had some life.

Then came the sixth inning, and Atlanta buried it. Michael Harris the Second unloaded a four hundred and twenty one foot missile to right, a three-run shot that scored Olson and Albies and blew the game wide open at five to one. Jarvis wasn't done either — he came right back with another single to center, plating Dubón again, and suddenly it was six to one with three outs still to go in that frame. Game over in everything but the formalities.

Washington's Chaparro gave the home crowd something to cheer with a solo homer in the ninth, but that was purely cosmetic.

Olson went two for four with two runs scored and the home run. Jarvis was the quiet engine of this offense, coming through twice with runners in scoring position. Acuña and Baldwin were both blanked in a quiet night for Atlanta's big names, but it didn't matter — the middle of that lineup did all the damage required.

Atlanta came to Washington and took care of business. 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. Olson homered to right (396 feet). P1 · 0–1
  2. Jarvis singled to center, Dubón scored, Riley to second. P2 · 0–2
  3. Abrams homered to right (393 feet). P4 · 1–2
  4. Harris II homered to right (421 feet), Olson scored and Albies scored. P6 · 1–5
  5. Jarvis singled to center, Dubón scored, Bart to second. P6 · 1–6
  6. Chaparro homered to left (383 feet). P9 · 2–6

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Bryce Elder pitches to James Wood P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1
Wood grounded out to first. P1
P1
Bryce Elder pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
García Jr. grounded out to first. P1
P1
Bryce Elder pitches to Dylan Crews P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Crews reached on infield single to third. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was overturned. P1
P1
Bryce Elder pitches to CJ Abrams P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P1
Crews stole second. P1
Crews stole second. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was overturned. P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P1
Abrams walked. P1
P1
Bryce Elder pitches to Brady House P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
House flied out to center. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Foster Griffin pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
Acuña Jr. grounded out to third. P1
P1
Foster Griffin pitches to Drake Baldwin P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1
Baldwin grounded out to shortstop. P1
P1
Foster Griffin pitches to Matt Olson P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Olson homered to right (396 feet). P1
P1
Foster Griffin pitches to Ozzie Albies P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Albies singled to center. P1
P1
Foster Griffin pitches to Michael Harris II P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Harris II grounded out to second. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Bryce Elder pitches to Daylen Lile P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P2
Lile struck out looking. P2
P2
Bryce Elder pitches to Harry Ford P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2
Ford grounded out to third. P2
P2
Bryce Elder pitches to Jose Tena P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2
Tena singled to right. P2
P2
Bryce Elder pitches to Jacob Young P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Young lined out to right. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Foster Griffin pitches to Mauricio Dubon P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Dubón singled to center. P2
P2
Foster Griffin pitches to Austin Riley P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Riley singled to center, Dubón to second. P2
P2
Foster Griffin pitches to Joey Bart P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Bart popped out to second. P2
P2
Foster Griffin pitches to Jim Jarvis P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Jarvis singled to center, Dubón scored, Riley to second. P2
P2
Foster Griffin pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Acuña Jr. grounded out to first, Jarvis to second, Riley to third. P2
P2
Foster Griffin pitches to Drake Baldwin P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Baldwin flied out to left. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Bryce Elder pitches to James Wood P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Looking P3
Wood struck out looking. P3
P3
Bryce Elder pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
García Jr. struck out swinging. P3
P3
Bryce Elder pitches to Dylan Crews P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3
Crews grounded out to shortstop. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Foster Griffin pitches to Matt Olson P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P3
Olson struck out looking. P3
P3
Foster Griffin pitches to Ozzie Albies P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3
Albies flied out to right. P3
P3
Foster Griffin pitches to Michael Harris II P3
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Harris II lined out to third. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Bryce Elder pitches to CJ Abrams P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Abrams homered to right (393 feet). P4
P4
Bryce Elder pitches to Brady House P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
House fouled out to first. P4
P4
Bryce Elder pitches to Daylen Lile P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Lile popped out to third. P4
P4
Bryce Elder pitches to Harry Ford P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P4
Ford walked. P4
P4
Bryce Elder pitches to Jose Tena P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Tena lined out to right. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Foster Griffin pitches to Mauricio Dubon 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
Dubón flied out to center. P4
P4
Foster Griffin pitches to Austin Riley P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P4
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P4
Riley walked. P4
P4
Foster Griffin pitches to Joey Bart P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Bart grounded into double play, third to second to first, Riley out at second. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Bryce Elder pitches to Jacob Young P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Young grounded out to second. P5
P5
Bryce Elder pitches to James Wood P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Wood grounded out to second. P5
P5
Bryce Elder pitches to Luis Garcia Jr. P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
García Jr. grounded out to second. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Foster Griffin pitches to Jim Jarvis P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P5
Jarvis walked. P5
P5
Foster Griffin pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P5
Acuña Jr. struck out swinging. P5
P5
Foster Griffin pitches to Drake Baldwin P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
Baldwin grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Jarvis out at second. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Bryce Elder pitches to Dylan Crews P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Crews grounded out to shortstop. P6
P6
Bryce Elder pitches to CJ Abrams P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P6
Abrams walked. P6
P6
Bryce Elder pitches to Brady House P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
House doubled to right, Abrams to third. P6
P6
Bryce Elder pitches to Daylen Lile P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Lile flied out to center. P6
P6
Bryce Elder pitches to Harry Ford P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6
Ford fouled out to first. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Foster Griffin pitches to Matt Olson P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Olson doubled to center. P6
P6
Foster Griffin pitches to Ozzie Albies P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Albies singled to right, Olson to third. P6
P6
Foster Griffin pitches to Michael Harris II P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Harris II homered to right (421 feet), Olson scored and Albies scored. P6
P6
Foster Griffin pitches to Mauricio Dubon P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6
Dubón singled to center. P6
P6
Foster Griffin pitches to Austin Riley P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P6
Riley struck out swinging. P6
P6
Williams relieved Griffin P6
Trevor Williams pitches to Joey Bart P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 8 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 9 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 10 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 11 : Ball 4 P6
Bart walked, Dubón to second. P6
P6
Trevor Williams pitches to Jim Jarvis P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P6
Jarvis singled to center, Dubón scored, Bart to second. P6
P6
Trevor Williams pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Acuña Jr. grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Jarvis safe at second on fielding error by shortstop Abrams, Bart to third. P6
P6
Trevor Williams pitches to Drake Baldwin P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 8 : Ball In Play P6
Baldwin grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Acuña Jr. out at second. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Hernández relieved Elder P7
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Jose Tena P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Tena grounded out to first. P7
P7
Vivas hit for Young P7
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Jorbit Vivas P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Vivas singled to center. P7
P7
Elieser Hernandez pitches to James Wood P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Wood singled to right, Vivas to second. P7
P7
Chaparro hit for García Jr. P7
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Andres Chaparro P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P7
Chaparro popped out to third. P7
P7
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Dylan Crews P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Crews struck out swinging. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Chaparro at first base. P7
Crews in center field. P7
Lile in right field. P7
Tena in left field. P7
Vivas at second base. P7
Trevor Williams pitches to Matt Olson P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P7
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Olson struck out swinging. P7
P7
Trevor Williams pitches to Ozzie Albies P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Albies flied out to center. P7
P7
Trevor Williams pitches to Michael Harris II P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P7
Harris II singled to left. P7
P7
Trevor Williams pitches to Mauricio Dubon P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P7
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P7
Dubón struck out swinging. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Elieser Hernandez pitches to CJ Abrams P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 8 : Ball 4 P8
Abrams walked. P8
P8
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Brady House P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
House struck out swinging. P8
P8
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Daylen Lile P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Lile reached on infield single to second, Abrams to second. P8
P8
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Harry Ford P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8
Ford flied out to center. P8
P8
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Jose Tena P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Tena flied out to center. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Trevor Williams pitches to Austin Riley P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P8
Riley struck out looking. P8
P8
Trevor Williams pitches to Joey Bart P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Bart grounded out to shortstop. P8
P8
Trevor Williams pitches to Jim Jarvis P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Jarvis singled to left. P8
P8
Trevor Williams pitches to Ronald Acuna Jr. P8
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8
Acuña Jr. hit by pitch, Jarvis to second. P8
P8
Trevor Williams pitches to Drake Baldwin P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 6 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Baldwin struck out swinging. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Jorbit Vivas P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Vivas struck out swinging. P9
P9
Elieser Hernandez pitches to James Wood P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P9
Wood struck out looking. Atlanta Braves challenged: call on the field was overturned. P9
P9
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Andres Chaparro P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P9
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9
Chaparro homered to left (383 feet). P9
P9
Elieser Hernandez pitches to Dylan Crews P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P9
Crews singled to left. P9
P9
Elieser Hernandez pitches to CJ Abrams P9
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Crews to second on fielder's indifference. P9
Crews to second on fielder's indifference. P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Abrams grounded out to first. P9
P9