Washington Nationals Defeat Colorado Rockies 13-3, Improve to 62-71

Final result

Washington Nationals defeated Colorado Rockies 13-3 in 9 innings.

MLB data listed Colorado Rockies at 50-81 (.382).

MLB data listed Washington Nationals at 62-71 (.466).

How the game changed

Scoring by inning: 4th — Colorado Rockies 1 run; 5th — Colorado Rockies 1 run, Washington Nationals 5 runs; 6th — Washington Nationals 3 runs; 7th — Washington Nationals 2 runs; 8th — Colorado Rockies 1 run, Washington Nationals 3 runs.

Daylen Lile (Washington Nationals): 3 hits, 5 RBI, 1 home run, 2 runs. Ezequiel Tovar (Colorado Rockies): 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Jorbit Vivas (Washington Nationals): 3 hits, 2 RBI, 1 run. Willi Castro (Colorado Rockies): 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 home run, 1 run. Cade Cavalli (Washington Nationals): 6.0 innings and 7 strikeouts, (W, 12-5). Ryan Feltner (Colorado Rockies): 5.2 innings and 6 strikeouts, (L, 5-8).

Willi Castro hit a home run for Colorado Rockies in the top of the 4th (1 RBI). Ezequiel Tovar hit a home run for Colorado Rockies in the top of the 5th (1 RBI). Daylen Lile hit a home run for Washington Nationals in the bottom of the 8th (3 RBI).

Season and playoff context

This was Game 1 of 4 in the regular-season series.

In the 2026 standings, the Colorado Rockies were 50-81, 5th in the division, 30.0 games back in the division, 12th in the wild-card standings, 20.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 2, wild-card elimination number 11.

In the 2026 standings, the Washington Nationals were 62-71, 4th in the division, 15.0 games back in the division, 9th in the wild-card standings, 9.5 wild-card games back, elimination number 16, wild-card elimination number 21.

Official game sources

• MLB Stats API game feed
• MLB Stats API box score
• MLB Stats API line score
• MLB Stats API standings