October 2, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marcell Ozuna drove in three runs, Matt Olson hit a solo homer, and the Atlanta Braves completed a four-game sweep with a 9-4 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.
Ozuna hit a single to right field in the sixth inning to drive in Ozzie Albies and Drake Baldwin to tie the game at 3-all. His double to right in the eighth drove home Ha-Seong Kim to make it 6-3.
Olson hit his 28th home run of the season in the fifth.
Braves starter Hurston Waldrep (5-1) shut down the Nationals’ first 13 hitters and struck out eight in five innings before CJ Abrams singled in the fourth inning. He allowed three runs in the fifth.
Baldwin drove home Ronald Acuña Jr. with an RBI double to get the Braves on the board in the sixth. Nacho Alvarez Jr.’s RBI single gave them a 4-3 lead.
Albies, Kim, and Michael Harris II all had RBIs in a three-run ninth inning.
Dylan Crews, Robert Hassell III, and James Wood had RBIs in the fifth inning to give the Nationals a 3-0 lead.
Washington reliever Clayton Beeter (0-3) allowed two earned runs in two-thirds of an inning in the sixth.
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