{"id":148798,"date":"2025-09-16T20:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/148798\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T20:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:24:06","slug":"braves-6-3-nationals-sep-16-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/148798\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves 6-3 Nationals (Sep 16, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — \u2014 Matt Olson<\/a> homered for a fourth consecutive game, Jos\u00e9 Suarez threw seven strong innings and the Atlanta Braves<\/a> beat the Washington Nationals<\/a> 6-3 in the first game of a split doubleheader Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Jurickson Profar<\/a> and Olson hit back-to-back home runs as part of a five-run fourth inning. Olson reached 27 home runs this season and has hit one in four consecutive games for the first time since September 2023.<\/p>\n

Olson also doubled. He is hitting .556 (10 for 18) with four home runs, three doubles, seven RBI and seven runs in his past four games. <\/p>\n

The Braves had 13 hits. They have won three in a row after a four-game slide.<\/p>\n

Profar drilled a two-run homer to right field off Nationals starter Jake Irvin<\/a> (8-13) to put the Braves ahead for good. It was Profar\u2019s 14th of the season. Irvin is 0-8 with a 9.00 ERA in his last nine starts.<\/p>\n

Making his first start for the Braves, Suarez (2-0) allowed two runs and five hits, striking out nine and walking two. Raisel Iglesias<\/a> pitched a scoreless ninth for his 26th save.<\/p>\n

Vidal Bruj\u00e1n had two hits and two RBI. Michael Harris II<\/a> and Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. each had three singles. <\/p>\n

Key Moment <\/p>\n

Profar and Olson combined for Atlanta’s eighth set of back-to-back home runs this season and the team’s first since Aug. 7.<\/p>\n

Key Stat <\/p>\n

Nationals left fielder Daylen Lile<\/a>‘s triple in the eighth was his 10th of the season. That leads rookies and puts Lile past Bryce Harper<\/a> (2012) for the most triples in a season by a rookie in Nationals history since the team moved to Washington in 2005.<\/p>\n

Up Next <\/p>\n

The Braves send RHP Hurston Waldrep<\/a> (4-1, 2.78 ERA) to the mound to face the Nationals RHP Brad Lord<\/a> (5-8, 4.21) in the series finale later Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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