Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 1 |
| WSH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
The Story
The Philadelphia Phillies erupted for 14 runs on 17 hits to defeat the Washington Nationals 9 at Nationals Park on June 23, 2026, in a game that was far closer than the final score suggested before a chaotic late collapse. The DiamondIQ model opened the night with the Nationals holding a 51% home win probability, and Washington did enough early to maintain that edge, plating four runs in the bottom of the fourth on a Nasim Nuñez single off Jesús Luzardo that swung win probability by 14.1 points in the Nationals' favor and staked them to what looked like a comfortable cushion heading into the middle innings.
The game turned decisively in the eighth and ninth innings, when Philadelphia dismantled the Washington bullpen in back-to-back devastating frames. J.T. Realmuto's double off Clayton Beeter in the top of the eighth shifted win probability 40.2 points toward Philadelphia, beginning the Phillies' comeback in earnest. Washington briefly answered in the bottom half when Jorbit Vivas launched a home run off Orion Kerkering that pushed the probability back toward the Nationals by 33.9 points, making it a genuine contest entering the ninth. But Philadelphia put the game away decisively against Brad Lord, as Bryson Stott's home run added 49.0 percentage points and Brandon Marsh's home run added another 36.8, the two blows combining to swing the game nearly 86 points in Philadelphia's favor during an eight-run ninth-inning outburst that rendered Washington's chances at zero.
Stott finished as the game's most valuable player by the DiamondIQ model's estimate, posting a WPA of plus 58.6% and an RE24 of plus 3.0, while Marsh contributed plus 47.6% WPA and plus 2.4 RE24. Vivas led Washington's individual contributors with plus 39.4% WPA and plus 2.8 RE24, though his effort came in a losing cause. Among pitchers, Zack Littell led Philadelphia's relief corps with plus 8.1% WPA, followed by Orlando Ribalta at plus 5.6%, as the Phillies' bullpen did just enough to strand the Nationals' late momentum and preserve a wire-to-wire collapse for Washington's relievers.