Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals: Final Score & Recap

The Washington Nationals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 at Nationals Park on August 8, 2026, in a game that was competitive through the first five innings before Washington pulled away decisively. The DiamondIQ model entered the game with a 54 percent home win probability, a figure that climbed steadily before reaching 100 percent by the final out. The Nationals scored in just three frames — two runs in the third, four in the sixth, and two more in the eighth — while holding Cincinnati to a pair of runs on five hits.

The pivotal moment of the game came in the top of the sixth inning, when Eugenio Suárez connected on a home run off Max Kranick, a swing that shifted win probability by 23.6 points in Cincinnati's favor and briefly made it a contest. That proved to be short-lived. Washington responded with a four-run bottom half of the sixth that effectively ended any Reds comeback hopes. Abimelec Ortiz had set the tone earlier with a third-inning single off Chase Burns that carried a win-probability impact of 11.4 points, the second-largest play of the game. Andrés Chaparro added a double off Sam Moll worth 9.2 points of win probability in the sixth, followed closely by Keibert Ruiz doubling off Burns for 9.1 points and Daylen Lile singling for another 9.0.

Among individual performers, Suárez led all batters by WPA at plus-21.3 with a RE24 of plus-1.6, though his efforts were not enough. Ortiz finished second among hitters at plus-10.2 WPA, while Chaparro posted plus-9.2 WPA and a RE24 of plus-1.4 for Washington. On the pitching side, Andrew Alvarez was the standout for the Nationals, accumulating plus-18.7 WPA to pace all pitchers in the game, with Yovanny Cruz and Clayton Beeter providing additional support at plus-2.9 and plus-1.9 respectively.