Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
The Story
The Philadelphia Phillies walked off the Washington Nationals 6-5 in ten innings on April 1, 2026, at Citizens Bank Park, completing a comeback that shifted the DiamondIQ model's estimate from a 54 percent pre-game home win probability all the way to 100 percent by game's end. Washington had carried momentum into the late innings, but Philadelphia's bullpen and lineup ultimately proved the difference in a game that required extra frames to settle.
The decisive swings came in clusters. CJ Abrams delivered the most damaging blow for Washington, a home run off Brad Keller in the top of the seventh that added 29.8 percentage points to the Nationals' win probability and contributed to a three-run inning that gave the visitors a 4-1 advantage at that stage. Abrams finished as the game's top batter by WPA at plus-34.4 percent with a RE24 of plus-2.4. Philadelphia answered, and with the game tied heading into the ninth, Edmundo Sosa laced a single off Cole Henry that swung win probability by 39.1 points, the largest single-play shift of the contest. Washington could not convert that opportunity, and J.T. Realmuto ended it in the tenth with a walk-off single, also off Henry, adding 29.5 points and finishing tied with Sosa at plus-31.2 percent WPA. Bryce Harper's home run off Cionel Pérez in the eighth, worth 12.0 points of win probability, had kept Philadelphia within striking distance before Sosa and Realmuto sealed the evening for the Phillies.
On the mound, Cade Cavalli led all pitchers with a WPA of plus-26.9 percent, providing Washington's most stabilizing work before the bullpen faltered late. Cristopher Sánchez contributed plus-18.6 percent for Philadelphia, and Clayton Beeter added plus-15.7 percent as the Phillies' relief corps collectively preserved the win. Washington committed two errors against a Philadelphia defense that played clean ball across ten innings, a disparity that factored into the Nationals ultimately squandering their late-inning edge.