Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves

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Washington Nationals

18-27, 8-15 Away

Final
2 - 5

Atlanta Braves

22-22, 15-7 Home

Smith-Shawver shines again with 6 strong innings as Braves beat Nationals 5-2 to win series

The Braves won three of four games in the series, leaving the Nationals with eight losses in their last nine games. Washington snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 5-4 comeback win on Wednesday night.

Smith-Shawver (3-2) relied on his splitter for six strikeouts and gave up one unearned run. He has won his last three decisions.

C.J. Abrams had two hits, including a homer off left-hander Dylan Lee in the eighth, for Washington.

Smith-Shawver, 22, has emerged as a reliable right-hander following his recall from Triple-A Gwinnett on April 29. He took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of a 4-0 win over Cincinnati on May 5.

Trevor Williams (2-5) gave up four runs, three earned, in 4 1/3 innings.

Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth for his seventh save, a day after suffering his third blown save.

Key moment Ozzie Albies was hit by a pitch from Williams to open the fifth, setting up a three-run inning that gave Atlanta a 4-0 lead. Alex Verdugo and Drake Baldwin had run-scoring singles and Marcell Ozuna added a sacrifice fly in the inning.

Key stat Smith-Shawver has allowed one earned run in 19 2/3 innings over his last three starts, leaving his ERA at 2.33.

Up next Washington opens a three-game series at Baltimore on Friday night with LHP MacKenzie Gore (2-4, 3.59 ERA) scheduled to start for the Nationals. The Braves also will open an interleague series on the road when they play at Boston with LHP Chris Sale (1-3, 3.97), who pitched for the Red Sox from 2017 through 2023, scheduled to face LHP Garrett Crochet (4-2, 1.93).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Tena grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Call out at second.
	9th Inning	Call grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Bell out at second.
	9th Inning	Bell reached on infield single to third.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Lee
	8th Inning	Allen flied out to right.
	8th Inning	White singled to right, Riley scored.

Statistics

WSH		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
6	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	10
35	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
2.4	Runs Created	3.5
.194	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.355	Slugging Percentage	.303
.290	Secondary Average	.091
.286	On Base Percentage	.306
.641	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.609
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
20.0	Batter Rating	32.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.54	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.161	Isolated Power	.030
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.182
3.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.5	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.5	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Truist Park

Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 34,074 | Capacity:

2025 National League East Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	-	16	L1	0.6363636	28
Philadelphia	2.5	18	L1	0.5813953	25
Atlanta	6	22	W1	0.5	22
Washington	10.5	27	L1	0.4	18
Miami	11	26	W1	0.3809524	16

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