Washington at San Diego — MLB September 9, 2026

2 – 9

Final

PETCO Park, San Diego, CA

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1
SD	0	0	3	2	2	0	1	1		9	16	0

Decisions

Win K. Hart SD

2.1 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 3.96 ERA

Loss J. Kent WAS

3.0 IP · 8 H · 5 ER · 2 K · 6.59 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	WAS	SD
Top 3rd Keibert Ruiz homers (10) on a fly ball to right field.	1	0
Top 3rd Dylan Crews singles on a line drive to right fielder Jase Bowen. Nasim Nuñez scores. Jacob Young to 3rd. James Wood to 2nd.	2	0
Bottom 3rd Ty France singles on a ground ball to left fielder Daylen Lile. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores. Manny Machado to 2nd.	2	1
Bottom 3rd Jackson Merrill triples (4) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Dylan Crews, deflected by center fielder Jacob Young. Manny Machado scores. Ty France scores.	2	3
Bottom 4th Samad Taylor singles on a soft bunt ground ball to pitcher Jackson Kent. Austin Hays scores. Samad Taylor to 2nd. Throwing error by pitcher Jackson Kent.	2	4
Bottom 4th Fernando Tatis Jr. singles on a ground ball to left fielder Daylen Lile. Samad Taylor scores.	2	5
Bottom 5th Jackson Merrill homers (23) on a fly ball to left field. Ty France scores.	2	7
Bottom 7th Jackson Merrill homers (24) on a fly ball to center field.	2	8
Bottom 8th Jackson Merrill singles on a ground ball to second baseman José Tena, deflected by first baseman Andrés Chaparro. Xander Bogaerts scores. Ty France to 2nd.	2	9

Closing line

Box score

Washington

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Wood DH	3	0	1	0	1	1	.266
D. Crews RF	3	0	1	1	1	1	.224
A. Chaparro 3B-1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.253
C. Abrams 2B-SS	4	0	0	0	0	3	.259
Y. Morales 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.316
J. Tena 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.227
D. Lile LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.251
K. Ruiz C	4	1	1	1	0	0	.283
N. Nuñez SS	1	1	0	0	1	0	.210
B. House PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.242
J. Young CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.249
Totals		2	4		3	8

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Kent L	3.0	8	5	5	1	2	72
B. Lord	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	32
L. Perales	2.0	1	1	1	2	4	43
E. Yean	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	28

San Diego

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
F. Tatis Jr. 2B	5	1	3	1	0	0	.284
X. Bogaerts SS	4	1	1	0	1	0	.218
M. Machado 3B	4	1	0	0	1	2	.224
T. France 1B	5	2	3	1	0	1	.294
J. Merrill CF	5	2	4	6	0	0	.245
L. Campusano C	4	0	1	0	1	0	.284
A. Hays DH	2	1	2	0	0	0	.241
E. Salas PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
S. Taylor LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	.312
J. Bowen RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.161
Totals		9	16		3	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
W. Buehler	2.1	3	2	2	2	4	60
K. Hart W	2.1	0	0	0	0	1	25
D. Morgan	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	8
Y. Matsui	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	8
W. Peralta	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	24
G. Canning	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11