Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves: Final Score & Recap

The Atlanta Braves walked off the Washington Nationals 5-4 in eleven innings on May 22, 2026 at Truist Park, overcoming a late deficit in extra frames to secure the victory. The DiamondIQ model entered the game giving Atlanta a 74% pre-game win probability, and while that figure would be tested severely in the tenth inning, it ultimately resolved to a certainty as the Braves pushed across the winning run in the eleventh.

The decisive sequence began with Washington seizing control in the top of the tenth, where CJ Abrams delivered the single most impactful play of the game — a triple off Dylan Lee that swung win probability by 56.0 percentage points in the Nationals' favor. Abrams had already made his mark in the eighth inning with a home run off Robert Suarez worth 19.0 percentage points, giving him a game-high WPA of plus-75.4 and an RE24 of plus-2.8, easily the most valuable individual performance of the night. Atlanta answered in the bottom of the tenth against Orlando Ribalta, with Mauricio Dubón singling to add 31.8 percentage points and Chadwick Tromp following with a single worth another 23.3 percentage points, knotting the score and setting up the decisive frame.

Tromp then authored the winning moment in the bottom of the eleventh, lining a walk-off single off Paxton Schultz that carried a 45.9 percentage point swing and capped a plus-65.6 WPA night for the catcher. On the pitching side, Miles Mikolas led Atlanta's staff with a plus-34.7 WPA, supported by Raisel Iglesias at plus-13.5 and Clayton Beeter at plus-10.9 as the Braves bullpen ultimately steadied after absorbing the Abrams-driven damage. Washington outhit Atlanta ten hits to eleven but could not protect the lead Abrams manufactured in extra innings.