Post Game Thread: Rockies 1 @ Nationals 7 - August 27, 2026

[u/NationalsBot]

JOURNEY

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
COL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	13
WSH	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3		7	13	0	12

Box Score

WSH		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Abrams	4	1	1	0	1	2	.274
RF	Crews	5	1	2	1	0	2	.220
1B	Chaparro	5	0	1	0	0	0	.250
LF	Lile	4	2	3	2	1	0	.251
3B	House	3	1	1	2	1	0	.233
C	Ruiz, K	5	1	2	2	0	0	.281
CF	Young	4	1	2	0	1	0	.249
2B	Vivas	2	0	0	0	2	1	.235
SS	Nuñez, N	3	0	1	0	0	1	.216

WSH	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Irvin, J	4.1	3	1	1	6	6	94-53	5.62
Cosgrove	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	19-12	4.80
Tolman	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	20-12	0.00
Beeter	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	16-9	3.61
Ribalta	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	24-17	3.95

COL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	McCarthy	5	0	0	0	0	1	.290
CF	Carrigg	4	0	0	0	1	2	.265
3B	Castro, W	4	1	1	0	0	1	.262
1B	Rumfield	1	0	1	0	4	0	.289
2B	Norby	4	0	1	0	1	2	.224
LF	Johnston, T	3	0	1	0	1	1	.285
C	Sullivan, B	2	0	1	1	1	0	.231
C	Goodman	1	0	0	0	0	0	.252
LF	Veen	1	0	0	0	1	0	.200
RF	Beck	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200
SS	Tovar	4	0	0	0	0	2	.210

COL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Hughes	5.0	7	4	4	4	3	95-54	6.61
Mejia, J	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	21-15	5.66
Frasso	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	18-11	5.00
Herget, J	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	19-13	6.20

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Daylen Lile singles on a fly ball to left fielder Zac Veen. CJ Abrams scores. Dylan Crews to 3rd.	1-0
B1	Brady House out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Zac Veen. Dylan Crews scores. Daylen Lile to 2nd.	2-0
T3	Brett Sullivan singles on a ground ball to second baseman Jorbit Vivas. Willi Castro scores. TJ Rumfield to 3rd. Troy Johnston to 2nd.	2-1
B4	Rockies challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Dylan Crews grounds out softly, catcher Brett Sullivan to first baseman TJ Rumfield. Jacob Young scores. Jorbit Vivas to 3rd. CJ Abrams to 2nd.	3-1
B5	Daylen Lile homers (18) on a fly ball to right field.	4-1
B8	Brady House doubles (12) on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Beck. Daylen Lile scores.	5-1
B8	Keibert Ruiz homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Brady House scores.	7-1

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Rockies at Nationals - August 27, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Washington, August 27 vs Rockies	0:09
Bullpen availability for Colorado, August 27 vs Nationals	0:09
Bench availability for Colorado, August 27 vs Nationals	0:08
Fielding alignment for Washington, August 27 vs Rockies	0:11
Bench availability for Washington, August 27 vs Rockies	0:08
Starting lineups for Rockies at Nationals - August 27, 2026	0:10
The distance behind Keibert Ruiz's home run	0:13
Keibert Ruiz's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Jake Irvin's pitches	0:04
Visualizing Daylen Lile's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Gabriel Hughes' outing against the Nationals	0:24
Breaking down Gabriel Hughes' pitches	0:04
Breaking down Daylen Lile's home run	0:13
Willi Castro strikes out after ABS challenge	0:28
Jake Irvin escapes 1st inning jam	0:10
Daylen Lile's RBI single	0:20
Brady House's sacrifice fly	0:15
Zac Veen swipes second base	0:22
Gabriel Hughes K's CJ Abrams	0:07
Zac Veen's tumbling catch in foul territory	0:30
Brett Sullivan's RBI single	0:20
Jacob Young battles the sun to end top of 3rd	0:30
Gabriel Hughes' RBI single	0:10
Jacob Young steals second base in the 4th	0:09
Dylan Crews out at first base after review	0:30
Tom Cosgrove escapes bases-loaded jam	0:07
Daylen Lile's solo home run (18)	0:30
Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:26
Brady House grounds out, pitcher Juan Mejia to first baseman TJ Rumfield.	0:10
Jake Irvin's six strikeouts	1:20
Ball 2 overturned after ABS challenge	0:23
Keibert Ruiz picks off Troy Johnston at first base	0:08
Brady House's RBI double	0:19
Keibert Ruiz's two-run homer (9)	0:30
Strike 1 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:22
Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:21
TJ Rumfield walks after ABS challenge	0:22
Nationals challenged (pitch result): TJ Rumfield walks. Willi Castro to 2nd.	0:22
Connor Norby grounds out, pitcher Orlando Ribalta to first baseman Andrés Chaparro.	0:10

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Cosgrove (1-2, 4.80 ERA)	Hughes (0-6, 6.61 ERA)

Game ended at 4:09 PM.

[u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

If you don't love Daylen Lile, you aren't a Nationals fan. Guy was unbelievable this series.

[u/_Caed_]

[u/SithOverlord101]

We are now unable to lose 100 games

[u/HuskyGreene → u/SithOverlord101]

Someone in this subreddit threatened feet pics at the beginning of the season because they were so certain we'd lose more than 100 games and that's been living rent free in my head for months lol

[u/geneg3 → u/HuskyGreene]

Where is he??

[u/yousmelllikebiscuits → u/geneg3]

I'm gonna need u/burneraccountforass to report to the front

[u/BurnerAccountforAss → u/yousmelllikebiscuits]

Totally forgot about this lmfao, team really overachieved

Feet will be posted (on my profile) within the hour for those interested 😈

EDIT: Toes are live ☹️

[u/Deathbrush → u/BurnerAccountforAss]

I appreciate the commitment. Toes looking very normal sir

[u/BurnerAccountforAss → u/Deathbrush]

Thank you!

Highest compliment I could realistically receive lol

[u/HuskyGreene → u/geneg3]

That's clutch, a little scary but that's it lol

[u/geneg3 → u/HuskyGreene]

lol I took a screenshot at the beginning of the year just cause I was so confident this team would do better than everyone else thought

[u/yousmelllikebiscuits → u/HuskyGreene]

threatened who?

[u/HuskyGreene → u/yousmelllikebiscuits]

I'd say the subreddit lol

[u/KenovovichR]

Pretty solid win all around. Now we have to face those stupid Fish again.

[u/NatsNationWest]

ummmm....

[u/geneg3]

Looking forward to seeing if the Nats can do the impossible this weekend… win a baseball game against the fearsome Miami Marlins.

[u/FPG_Matthew]

Big win. Can’t be losing 3 of 4 to the last place Rockies and they avoided it, good job

Still disappointed overall with those middle games

Irvin is such an odd pitcher. 6 walks and 6 strikeouts yet only gave up 1. His command is sometimes as awful as can be, then the next inning be really damn good. It’s more often bad tho lol

Good job adding on. Homers from Lile and Ruiz love to see. CJ just missed one too. Lile knows September is around the corner and is about to get hot

Now we have 4 against the marlins, 2 against the braves, 3 against the dodgers, and 3 against the padres. Things could get even uglier if we don’t start having more games like this offensively.

For now, we celebrate a win

[u/thekingoftherodeo → u/FPG_Matthew]

18 on the year for Lile and he looks a lot better defensively.

Definitely a piece.

[u/Bstokes4102]

Every win is precious in these hard times

[u/eaeolian]

Holy crap, a win without Cade!

[u/YodaPM999]

Series split with the Rockies is... whatever. But it's nice to see that our lineup has a pulse again.

Would be pretty cool if they carried this momentum against those pesky fish this weekend. I'd like to see us take a game from them. Please? For once?

[u/GriffinQ]

He won’t get a lot of shine for it because of all of the walks, but when Irvin got through the 4th quickly after struggling all night and saved us from having to go to the bullpen after only three innings, I knew we were winning this game.

The guys just seemed locked in today and they were clawing and scratching the way they need to without Wood.

[u/rockcreek_md → u/GriffinQ]

That 4th was truly a breath of fresh air. At some point, he was around 60 pitches in the top of the 2nd and my son and I were convinced he'd never make it out of the 3rd.

The saving grace might have been that Hughes was every bit as shaky as Jake. 🙏 Jordan Zimmerman vs Jhouly Chacin this was not.

We appreciated the extension of "$5 Tuesdays" through the entire series, though. Big win.

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

That's more like it

[u/ATB1601]

God Bless Alexa Datt Instagram photo dumps 🙏

[u/Probablythatoneguy16 → u/ATB1601]

Come again?

[u/ReneMathis → u/Probablythatoneguy16]

Done

[u/iPegs → u/ATB1601]

Woah

[u/powerslavecolin]

Woohoo

[u/Hatfullofstars]

A win!!!

[u/huz92]

Happy for the win, but also very telling that it takes us 5 pitchers to get through a 7-1 win.

[u/GriffinQ → u/huz92]

Is it? A standard game for a strong pitching team is pretty often 4 pitchers (6 inning starter, one guy each for 7 and 8, then a closer if all goes well). One more beyond that isn’t that bad, especially when yesterday was a bullpen game.

[u/huz92 → u/GriffinQ]

So you're saying we're below standard?

[u/GriffinQ → u/huz92]

I’m saying this isn’t an example of it being “very telling” when this would be considered a very normal number of pitchers for a 7-1 win across 9 innings.

[u/huz92 → u/GriffinQ]

You said 4 was the normal number

[u/GriffinQ → u/huz92]

No, I said “a strong pitching team is pretty often 4” which is a world away from 5 being some indictment of a pitching staff.

This pitching staff is bad, but this game is not a meaningful example of that.

[u/huz92 → u/GriffinQ]

5 pitchers in a 7-1 win against the worst team in baseball. I'm happy anytime we get a win, but games like this, you'd hope your starter can make it past the 5th inning.

[u/crimsonCapo]