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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Washington Nationals at San Diego Padres

WSH

Washington Nationals

67-80 · L6

4
Final

SD

San Diego Padres

77-68 · W3

5

San Diego Padres beat Washington Nationals 5-4 at Petco Park. David Morgan earned the win; Erik Tolman took the loss. Adrian Morejon recorded the save.

Washington Nationals 4, San Diego Padres 5 MLB game recap for September 8, 2026

San Diego scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to erase a 4-2 deficit and beat Washington 5-4 at Petco Park. Casey Mize gave the Padres five and two-thirds innings, punching out seven and allowing three earned runs on 90 pitches. His ERA now sits at 3.70. The Nationals scratched across single runs in the second on a Yohandy Morales solo shot and in the sixth when Brady House doubled home two. Andrés Chaparro added a solo homer in the eighth to stretch the lead to two. Then the Padres flipped the script. Austin Hays drove in one with a sacrifice fly, then Manny Machado singled home two to tie it, and Luis Campusano singled in the walk-off run. Mize recorded seven strikeouts, three above the model projection for Elvin Cornelio, who struck out four. The NRFI model had a lean on no runs in the first but Morales homered in the second, so the inning itself was clean.

Casey Mize struck out seven across five and two-thirds innings, holding Washington to three earned runs on 90 pitches.

Yohandy Morales and Andrés Chaparro each homered for the Nationals, who carried a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the eighth.

San Diego scored three in the eighth on sacrifice flies from Jackson Merrill and Austin Hays, a two-run single from Manny Machado, and the walk-off single from Luis Campusano.

Linescore

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WSH 010002010 4 7 0
SD 00000014- 5 6 0

Scoring Summary

▲ 2nd

Yohandy Morales homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

1-0
▲ 6th

Brady House doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jackson Merrill. Abimelec Ortiz scores. CJ Abrams scores.

3-0
▼ 7th

Jackson Merrill out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder James Wood. Manny Machado scores. Ty France to 3rd.

3-1
▲ 8th

Andrés Chaparro homers (10) on a line drive to left field.

4-1
▼ 8th

Austin Hays out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder James Wood. Xander Bogaerts scores. Freddy Fermin to 3rd.

4-2
▼ 8th

Manny Machado singles on a ground ball to center fielder Dylan Crews. Freddy Fermin scores. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores.

4-4
▼ 8th

Luis Campusano singles on a fly ball to right fielder James Wood. Manny Machado scores. Ty France to 3rd.

4-5

Key Performers

Yohandy Morales

WSH

1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R

Andrés Chaparro

WSH

1-1, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 R

Manny Machado

SD

2-3, 2 RBI, 2 R

Brady House

WSH

1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI

Batting

WSH AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Brady House 3B 4 0 1 2 0 0 -
Yohandy Morales 1B 4 1 1 1 0 2 -
Abimelec Ortiz DH 3 1 1 0 0 2 -
CJ Abrams SS 3 1 0 0 1 1 -
Andrés Chaparro DH 1 1 1 1 0 0 -
Jorbit Vivas 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 -
Dylan Crews CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 -
Daylen Lile LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 -
James Wood RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 -
Harry Ford C 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
Jacob Young PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals 34 4 7 4 1 11
SD AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Luis Campusano DH 4 0 2 1 0 1 -
Freddy Fermin C 1 1 0 0 2 1 -
Jackson Merrill CF 3 0 0 1 0 1 -
Dustin Harris LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 -
Sung-Mun Song 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Samad Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Manny Machado 3B 3 2 2 2 1 1 -
Austin Hays PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
Ty France 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 -
Fernando Tatis Jr. RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 -
Xander Bogaerts SS 2 1 0 0 1 0 -
Jase Bowen LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Jake Cronenworth 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 -
Totals 27 5 6 5 5 7

Pitching

WSH IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Cornelio 3.0 0 0 0 0 4 36-24 5.26
Kent, Z 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 34-20 5.51
Cruz, Y (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13-5 5.23
Beeter (H, 9) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 14-10 4.60
Simpson 0.0 0 3 3 3 0 18-6 6.75
Tolman (L, 0-1)(BS, 1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 23-19 2.16
Totals 8.0 6 5 5 5 7
SD IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Mize 5.2 4 3 3 1 7 90-52 3.70
Vásquez, R 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 15-14 3.98
Matsui 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 11-7 2.09
Morgan, D (W, 3-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 4.62
Morejon (S, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 7-7 2.86
Totals 9.0 7 4 4 1 11
Research Not included in official record
NRFI: NRFI model leaned lean nrfi at 59%