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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Los Angeles Angels at Washington Nationals

LAA

Los Angeles Angels

56-93 · L3

5
Final

WSH

Washington Nationals

70-81 · W3

6

Washington Nationals beat Los Angeles Angels 6-5 at Nationals Park. Erik Tolman earned the win; Luke Murphy took the loss. Jack Sinclair recorded the save.

Los Angeles Angels 5, Washington Nationals 6 MLB game recap for September 13, 2026

Washington erased a one-run deficit with four runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat Los Angeles 6-5 at Nationals Park. The Angels led 5-2 entering the frame before the Nationals strung together four consecutive hits to complete the comeback. Rodriguez started for the Angels and worked 5.1 innings, striking out four and allowing two earned runs on 93 pitches. His ERA now sits at 6.10. Cornelio mirrored Rodriguez with four strikeouts for Washington. Both K totals matched model output. Moisés Ballesteros homered in the fourth and Zach Neto followed with a solo shot in the fifth to stake Los Angeles to a lead. Ballesteros finished 1-for-2 with two RBI and also added a sacrifice fly in the eighth. Neto went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and his 26th home run of the year. The model leaned YRFI and runs crossed in the first inning. Washington's eighth-inning rally began with a Daylen Lile triple that scored Yohandy Morales, who had gone 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Jorbit Vivas, Jacob Young, and Dylan Crews each singled to plate the tying and winning runs. Erik Tolman earned the win in relief, Luke Murphy took the loss, and Jack Sinclair recorded the save.

Rodriguez and Cornelio each struck out four batters, matching model projections for both starters.

Linescore

123456789 R H E
LAA 000110021 5 4 0
WSH 00000204- 6 13 1

Scoring Summary

▲ 4th

Moisés Ballesteros homers (9) on a fly ball to center field.

1-0
▲ 5th

Zach Neto homers (26) on a fly ball to center field.

2-0
▼ 6th

Yohandy Morales singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jose Siri. CJ Abrams scores.

2-1
▼ 6th

Brady House grounds into a force out, shortstop Zach Neto to second baseman Christian Moore. Yohandy Morales scores. Daylen Lile to 3rd. Keibert Ruiz out at 2nd. Brady House to 1st.

2-2
▲ 8th

Moisés Ballesteros out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder James Wood. Wade Meckler scores. Vaughn Grissom to 3rd.

4-2
▼ 8th

Daylen Lile triples (8) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Josh Lowe. Yohandy Morales scores.

4-3
▼ 8th

Jorbit Vivas singles on a line drive to left fielder Wade Meckler. Daylen Lile scores.

4-4
▼ 8th

Jacob Young doubles (20) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Wade Meckler. Jorbit Vivas scores.

4-5
▼ 8th

Dylan Crews singles on a line drive to left fielder Wade Meckler. Jacob Young scores.

4-6
▲ 9th

Christian Moore grounds out, third baseman Andrés Chaparro to first baseman Yohandy Morales. Josh Lowe scores.

5-6

Key Performers

Moisés Ballesteros

LAA

1-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R

Zach Neto

LAA

1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R

Yohandy Morales

WSH

2-4, 1 RBI, 2 R

Daylen Lile

WSH

2-4, 1 RBI, 1 R

Batting

LAA AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Adam Frazier PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Jose Siri CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 -
Christian Moore 2B 4 0 0 1 0 1 -
Zach Neto SS 4 2 1 1 1 2 -
Mike Trout DH 2 0 1 0 2 1 -
Moisés Ballesteros C 2 1 1 2 1 0 -
Denzer Guzman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 -
Vaughn Grissom 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 -
Wade Meckler LF 2 1 0 0 2 0 -
Josh Lowe RF 4 1 1 0 0 2 -
Totals 30 5 4 4 6 13
WSH AB R H RBI BB K AVG
Brady House PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 -
Yohandy Morales 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 -
Abimelec Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 -
CJ Abrams SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 -
Nasim Nuñez 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Andrés Chaparro 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 -
Jorbit Vivas 2B 1 1 1 1 0 0 -
Dylan Crews DH 2 0 1 1 0 1 -
Daylen Lile LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 -
José Tena 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 -
James Wood RF 4 0 2 0 1 1 -
Jacob Young CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 -
Andrew Pinckney RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Keibert Ruiz C 3 0 1 0 0 0 -
Totals 36 6 13 6 2 7

Pitching

LAA IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Rodriguez, G 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 93-63 6.10
Saucedo (BS, 3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14-11 3.06
Murphy (L, 0-3) 1.0 4 4 4 1 1 31-20 6.19
Peralta, S 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 16-9 7.11
Totals 8.0 13 6 6 2 7
WSH IP H R ER BB K P-S ERA
Cornelio 2.0 1 0 0 1 4 34-21 4.88
Irvin, J 5.0 2 3 3 4 6 76-46 5.51
Tolman (W, 1-1) 1.0 0 1 0 1 2 25-16 2.61
Sinclair (S, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 12-8 1.69
Totals 9.0 4 5 4 6 13
Research Not included in official record
NRFI: NRFI model leaned lean yrfi at 44% First 5: F5 model leaned home at 53%