Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers

WSH 4 — 2 DET

Final — 2026-09-23

MVP: Brad Lord 3.1 IP, 0 ER, 3 K

Washington Nationals defeated Detroit Tigers 4-2. Brad Lord led the way with 3.1 IP, 0 ER, 3 K. Will Dion earned the win and Framber Valdez took the loss. Yovanny Cruz recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WSH	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2

WP Will Dion

LP Framber Valdez

SV Yovanny Cruz

Scoring Plays

Top 6: CJ Abrams singles on a line drive to right fielder Ben Malgeri. Andrés Chaparro scores. CJ Abrams out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder Ben Malgeri to first baseman Spencer Torkelson to second baseman Zach McKinstry. Brady House to 2nd. (1-0)

Top 6: Yohandy Morales homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. Brady House scores. (3-0)

Bot 6: Ben Malgeri homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. (3-1)

Top 7: James Wood grounds out to first baseman Spencer Torkelson. Nasim Nuñez scores. (4-1)

Bot 9: Ben Malgeri singles on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Jace Jung scores. Kevin McGonigle to 3rd. (4-2)

WSH — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
House	3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.244	.308	.395	.703
(gpid=sa:691002)	1B	4	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	.279	.279	.651	.930
Abrams	2B	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	.262	.338	.500	.838
Nunez	SS	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.209	.291	.242	.533
Chaparro	DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.257	.357	.497	.854
Crews	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.288	.368	.656
Lile	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.299	.433	.732
Wood	RF	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.262	.385	.505	.890
Ford	C	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.186	.307	.340	.647
Young	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.249	.317	.390	.707
Ruiz	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.320	.449	.769

DET — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jung	2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650
Callahan	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.212	.274	.333	.607
McKinstry	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.201	.287	.296	.583
Lee	DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.324	.431	.755
Greene	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.282	.371	.478	.849
Valencia	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.339	.366	.602	.968
McGonigle	3B	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.278	.378	.428	.806
Torkelson	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.228	.328	.425	.753
(gpid=sa:807726)	SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.164	.288	.180	.468
Malgeri	RF	5	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.353	.422	.775
(gpid=sa:703601)	CF	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.365	.440	.805
Dingler	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.304	.450	.754

WSH — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Dion	2.0	3	1	1	1	4	1	41-30	3.78	1.20	W
Lovelady	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	19-12	3.71	1.82
Lord	3.1	1	0	0	2	3	0	49-32	3.78	1.22
(gpid=sa:695378)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	1.93	0.86	H
(gpid=sa:680899)	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	20-8	3.21	1.43	H
Cruz	1.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	22-15	5.40	1.67	S

DET — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Valdez	5.1	4	2	2	3	6	0	87-53	4.03	1.35	L
Waguespack	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	28-18	2.56	0.90
Jansen	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-7	3.27	1.07
Kinley	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	13-10	3.49	1.15

Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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