Nationals vs. Rays (Jun 21, 2026)

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
James Wood J. Wood	77	294	68	80	18	0	20	48	59	4	104	13	1	.272	.399	.537
Daylen Lile D. Lile	76	298	42	75	16	3	8	37	24	4	55	7	4	.252	.312	.406
CJ Abrams	75	279	49	79	14	2	16	56	29	9	66	12	4	.283	.366	.520
Jacob Young J. Young	74	232	31	53	8	2	8	28	12	4	46	7	2	.228	.278	.384
Nasim Nuñez N. Nuñez	71	213	30	49	4	3	0	24	26	1	53	27	3	.230	.315	.277
Luis García Jr. L. García Jr.	71	235	30	62	12	3	10	46	8	0	38	2	1	.264	.287	.468
Curtis Mead C. Mead	61	185	33	43	10	0	11	34	27	4	38	3	2	.232	.343	.465
Jorbit Vivas J. Vivas	56	136	17	34	7	0	1	10	13	4	21	0	1	.250	.329	.324
José Tena J. Tena	56	134	19	29	7	1	3	14	9	1	47	1	0	.216	.271	.351
Keibert Ruiz K. Ruiz	49	157	22	44	14	0	6	29	4	1	21	1	1	.280	.299	.484
Brady House B. House	44	163	22	37	7	0	7	25	13	0	50	1	0	.227	.282	.399
Drew Millas D. Millas	42	107	16	20	4	0	2	9	10	2	27	0	0	.187	.269	.280
Joey Wiemer J. Wiemer	32	70	16	20	5	1	3	12	12	1	29	1	0	.286	.398	.514
Dylan Crews D. Crews	27	101	13	20	2	0	5	15	2	3	19	2	0	.198	.236	.366
Andrés Chaparro A. Chaparro	20	32	5	6	3	0	0	5	9	0	8	0	0	.188	.366	.281
Clayton Beeter C. Beeter	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Brad Lord B. Lord	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Gus Varland G. Varland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Orlando Ribalta O. Ribalta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Paxton Schultz P. Schultz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Keibert Ruiz K. Ruiz	6	7	-	2	0	0	1	1	0	-	-	.286	.375	.286
CJ Abrams	4	7	-	1	0	1	1	0	2	-	-	.143	.143	.571
Luis García Jr. L. García Jr.	3	4	-	2	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	.500	.400	.500
Joey Wiemer J. Wiemer	1	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000	.000	.000
James Wood J. Wood	1	3	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	.333	.333	.667
Jacob Young J. Young	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000	.000	.000
Dylan Crews D. Crews	1	2	-	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	.000	.000	.000

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
Gus Varland G. Varland	30	0	1	1	5.20	26	6	27.2	32	16	17	3	14	0
PJ Poulin	29	9	3	0	3.07	19	2	29.1	24	10	11	4	18	1
Richard Lovelady R. Lovelady	23	5	1	2	2.53	18	4	21.1	24	6	6	2	16	2
Paxton Schultz P. Schultz	23	1	1	2	5.52	30	1	29.1	35	18	21	5	10	1
Brad Lord B. Lord	23	0	5	0	2.29	44	1	51.0	37	13	14	4	14	5
Orlando Ribalta O. Ribalta	21	0	0	0	2.66	14	2	20.1	13	6	7	1	8	0
Clayton Beeter C. Beeter	21	0	2	1	3.63	25	5	22.1	13	9	9	2	16	2
Mitchell Parker M. Parker	19	0	3	3	5.70	30	1	36.1	39	23	25	8	10	2
Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	16	6	2	6	5.47	43	0	74.0	78	45	48	16	17	0
Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	16	16	4	4	4.07	82	0	77.1	85	35	42	6	28	11
Foster Griffin F. Griffin	15	15	7	2	3.32	80	0	84.0	70	31	35	15	23	7
Zack Littell Z. Littell	15	11	6	6	5.45	41	0	71.0	75	43	50	20	23	2
Jake Irvin J. Irvin	11	11	2	4	5.23	58	0	51.2	48	30	34	7	22	6
Cole Henry C. Henry	10	0	0	2	6.00	13	0	12.0	14	8	10	3	6	3
Andrew Alvarez A. Alvarez	8	3	1	0	3.49	31	1	28.1	29	11	11	2	12	0
Andre Granillo A. Granillo	8	0	0	0	9.64	3	0	9.1	13	10	12	2	8	1
Ken Waldichuk K. Waldichuk	5	0	0	0	6.75	8	0	9.1	8	7	7	4	6	1
Zak Kent Z. Kent	4	0	0	0	6.35	5	0	5.2	6	4	4	1	0	0
Riley Cornelio R. Cornelio	3	0	0	1	6.48	4	0	8.1	7	6	7	0	9	0
Joey Wiemer J. Wiemer	2	0	0	0	22.50	0	0	2.0	7	5	5	1	2	1
Jorbit Vivas J. Vivas	1	0	0	0	40.50	0	0	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0

Team Batting Leaders

HR

15

Caminero

RBI

51

Aranda

AVG

.322

Díaz

Team Pitching Leaders

W

6

McClanahan

K

84

Rasmussen

ERA

2.59

Rasmussen

Season

A. Alvarez

Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Junior Caminero J. Caminero	73	275	44	78	12	0	15	34	43	0	55	0	2	.284	.378	.491
Jonathan Aranda J. Aranda	72	262	37	72	10	0	12	51	42	5	74	0	0	.275	.378	.450
Chandler Simpson C. Simpson	71	263	32	69	4	4	0	15	14	0	30	15	8	.262	.297	.308
Yandy Díaz Y. Díaz	70	270	37	87	11	1	12	48	29	8	41	1	0	.322	.401	.504
Cedric Mullins C. Mullins	65	221	24	44	4	1	6	21	22	5	49	12	6	.199	.285	.308
Taylor Walls T. Walls	57	165	24	36	7	2	0	18	24	2	49	12	2	.218	.321	.285
Nick Fortes N. Fortes	57	168	16	43	10	0	1	14	5	6	22	0	0	.256	.300	.333
Ben Williamson B. Williamson	55	160	23	39	7	1	1	19	16	1	35	5	1	.244	.316	.319
Richie Palacios R. Palacios	54	149	21	35	6	2	1	21	22	3	37	7	4	.235	.343	.322
Ryan Vilade R. Vilade	44	111	11	32	5	1	4	25	12	0	23	3	0	.288	.349	.459
Jonny DeLuca J. DeLuca	43	123	18	33	11	0	3	20	5	0	27	7	2	.268	.297	.431
Hunter Feduccia H. Feduccia	41	85	11	21	3	0	1	7	11	1	30	0	0	.247	.337	.318
Jake Fraley J. Fraley	28	82	6	19	7	0	2	5	8	0	25	3	0	.232	.300	.390
Victor Mesa Jr. V. Mesa Jr.	17	46	7	8	0	0	2	5	8	0	13	0	1	.174	.296	.304
Carson Williams C. Williams	12	30	6	3	1	0	0	3	2	0	11	0	0	.100	.156	.133
Oliver Dunn O. Dunn	9	11	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	.091	.167	.091

	Batters	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
	Victor Mesa Jr. V. Mesa Jr.	1	1	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1.000	1.000	1.000

Pitchers	G	GS	W	L	ERA	SO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP
Kevin Kelly K. Kelly	32	0	4	3	2.67	26	2	33.2	24	10	12	3	7	2
Bryan Baker B. Baker	31	0	1	0	1.84	33	19	29.1	16	6	6	1	11	1
Ian Seymour I. Seymour	29	3	3	1	4.98	45	2	43.1	37	24	26	7	19	3
Cole Sulser C. Sulser	26	1	1	0	5.76	29	2	29.2	36	19	21	4	12	0
Griffin Jax G. Jax	21	10	2	5	3.67	46	0	49.0	46	20	27	9	18	0
Garrett Cleavinger G. Cleavinger	21	0	1	2	4.91	25	2	18.1	15	10	11	2	10	1
Hunter Bigge H. Bigge	18	0	1	1	6.98	14	0	19.1	14	15	17	1	14	0
Casey Legumina C. Legumina	16	1	2	0	2.75	14	0	19.2	20	6	6	2	4	1
Nick Martinez N. Martinez	14	14	6	2	2.60	50	0	83.0	82	24	24	7	14	2
Steven Matz S. Matz	14	10	4	4	5.65	39	0	51.0	49	32	33	11	19	1
Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	14	14	6	3	2.59	84	0	80.0	57	23	25	9	13	2
Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	14	14	6	4	3.33	69	0	67.2	56	25	27	3	27	2
Mason Englert M. Englert	12	1	0	1	3.96	19	1	25.0	30	11	12	4	6	1
Jesse Scholtens J. Scholtens	9	2	5	3	3.82	30	0	37.2	37	16	18	8	11	3
Cam Booser C. Booser	7	0	0	0	1.13	10	0	8.0	6	1	1	1	3	0
Trevor Martin T. Martin	5	0	0	0	4.35	6	0	10.1	13	5	8	4	4	2
Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	4	0	0	0	3.00	3	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	1
Joe Boyle J. Boyle	3	3	0	1	5.17	16	0	15.2	11	9	11	1	6	0
Ben Williamson B. Williamson	2	0	0	0	4.50	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Jonathan Heasley J. Heasley	1	0	0	0	11.25	2	0	4.0	8	5	5	2	0	0
Chase Solesky C. Solesky	1	0	0	0	6.00	4	0	3.0	6	2	2	1	1	0

Rays and Nationals meet, winner claims 3-game series

The Associated Press

Jun 21, 2026

Washington Nationals (40-37, third in the NL East) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (42-31, second in the AL East)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Andrew Alvarez (1-0, 3.49 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Rays: Nick Martinez (6-2, 2.60 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 50 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -136, Nationals +113; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Tampa Bay is 42-31 overall and 25-10 in home games. Rays hitters are batting a collective .256, the third-best team batting average in MLB play.

Washington has a 24-15 record in road games and a 40-37 record overall. Nationals hitters have a collective .321 on-base percentage, the eighth-ranked percentage in the NL.

The matchup Sunday is the third time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 27 extra base hits (12 doubles and 15 home runs). Jonathan Aranda is 12 for 40 with a double, a home run and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

James Wood has 18 doubles and 20 home runs for the Nationals. Nasim Nunez is 13 for 32 with two doubles, two triples and six RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .266 batting average, 4.02 ERA, outscored by two runs

Nationals: 6-4, .268 batting average, 5.01 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

INJURIES: Rays: Jesse Scholtens: 15-Day IL (wrist), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Steven Wilson: 60-Day IL (back), Manuel Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Grove: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jake Fraley: 10-Day IL (groin), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Nationals: Jacob Young: day-to-day (upper body), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Irvin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Max Kranick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (forearm), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Nationals WSH

Rays TBR

Odds

Probable Pitchers

Team Stats

Injuries

Current Series

2026 NL East

Last 5

Game Info

Home Runs

Hits

RBIs

H+R+RBIs

Total Bases

Strikeouts

Pitcher SO

Outs Recorded

Hits Allowed

Earned Runs

20

56

.283

7

82

2.29

15

51

.322

6

84

2.59

Rays and Nationals meet, winner claims 3-game series

Players Mentioned

Nick Martinez

Trevor Williams

Steven Wilson

Jake Irvin

Gavin Lux

Jake Fraley

Jesse Scholtens

Max Kranick

Michael Grove

Josiah Gray

Nasim Nuñez

Ryan Pepiot

Edwin Uceta