Braves vs. Nationals Game Highlights (9/17/25) | MLB Highlights

Braves vs. Nationals Game Highlights (9/17/25) | MLB Highlights

Brad Lord making the start for the Nationals. It is his 17th start 46th appearance, five and eight record and a 4.21. Er, a for Lord hit, swung on ground ball toward the middle Abrams Sha that way, stepped to his right. Has it and fires on to josh Bell and Jen profar has grounded out to short. That guy has been the star of the show so far here in this series, matt Olson and Matt Olsen looking to get on base again and he will the other way for a one out single. Here’s ronald Acuna Junior. Now the pitch swinging a pop up shallow right. Garcia, the second baseman going out and angling toward the line makes the catch for the second out of the inning. The pitch swung on hit hard to the right side. Garcia has it stumbling as he straightens and back pedals under the outfield grass but has time because it was hit so hard to throw out Baldwin. And that will end the inning one of the top pitching prospects for the Braves Hunter Waldrup, a first round pick for them back in 2020 at the University of Florida and this is his ninth appearance and eighth start four and one record 2.78 earned run average. You like this one pitch one out to get wood curveball gets him. Abrams back to the bench first strikeout today for Waldrup 32 and he goes fishing one down for it, missed every stitch of that splitter and it’s a 123 inning composed by Hurston Waldrop. It’ll be all these kim and Harris for the Braves here in the top of the second, no contact on that high heater. Rat Lord at 95 for his 97th strikeout and two way here in the second inning. Now, the next offering from Lord is in their strike three called slider back in over the outside about knee high locks up Harris and Lord has two strikeouts and leads it off in the clean up spot once again playing left field, a splitter and a strikeout that’s three straight strikeouts now for Wald. So here’s Luis García Junior 22 pitch struck him out, used a curveball. So another strike out on a curveball that’s now four straight strikeouts for Hurston Waldrop. So Hurston water in a zone right now. 11 softly chopped out to third coming in back handing, firing on the run. Nacho Alvarez Slick play by the Braves third baseman that’s in time for the out six up and six down by Waldrop. Here’s Marcelo to the plate to lead it off for the rave in the third. He swings and it’s one hard high in the air deep right field. Back to the warning track. Cruz over his head, one hopping off the wall. He’s up with it, quickly sends it in and that limits Ozuna to a single nacho Alvarez junior and a line drive base. Hit another one to the opposite field. Good start here in the third for Atlanta. A good opportunity here for the Braves to draw first blood top of the order jerk and pro hot shot Garcia Abrams and plenty of time to turn the 463 Olson now eight for 16 in the series and the pitch is popped up near shortstop, shallow left field CJ going back, he makes the call and shallow left waits for it to come down and he does make the catch to retire the side. Nice work by Brad Lord for H and Waldrop six up and six down complete with four strikeouts and he faces Adams hassle and House and he does put him away. It’s the curveball, five strikeouts already and he is only faced seven hitters. That’s when he feels like he’s going to go on a roll. There’s the curveball, it clips the outside corner and down goes another victim two on and a bouncer out to Olson halfway between 1st and 2nd. He gloves it plants and fires Waldrop there and another 123 innings or Waldrup nine up and nine down. Ronald Acuna leads off 02 pitch and Acuna blasts one up the middle base hit by ronald since straight up the middle of the field in the center field and glove by robert has on a leadoff single. There goes Ronald pitch on the way inside. No throw down. That was not a good pitch at all for catcher Riley Adams to even think about throwing down on and for his seventh steal this season, he got two outs but the breaks also now with two in scoring position, see what Michael Harris can do now or trying to slam the door here in the fourth throws the 22 and struck him out foul tip on a fastball in the glove of Adams nice recovery by brad up and down and a ball hit well to left center. Perfect. No more is Waldrup and CJ Abrams second base hit of the series on for the third time Abrams with a single and a stolen base and he’s in scoring position. Bell is over one with a strikeout chase hit a miss by Bell and Bell strikes out two down here in the inning. Yeah, that’s Bell’s second really ugly strikeout on a splitter down from Waldrop pitch on the way and he zaps him with a splitter swung on and missed by Lyle, another strikeout by Waldrup. He has eight in the game and he’s one shy of his season best garcia. He struck out swinging his first time up at Garcia, he’s going to guide the ball. This is a couple way over toward the gap with Cunha. So the Nats finally hit a ball and Garcia does to right that ronald can’t catch on the fly and the Nats have their second base hit and the Nationals have a runner at second for the second inning in a row this time with nobody out and Dylan Cruz coming to the places you’ve got to get him over and get him in. Yeah, he inside out one right field. That’s going to get the Nats on top Garcia, the double Cruz fourth hit of the series his 26 RB I one N we’ll see if Hassell can get Cruz home from second base. Hassell gets around one right field corner home is Cruz Robert on the move played by a two nothing two down Hessel to third top of the order. A good time for a birthday run batted in here. There’s a birthday RB I two run. James run. It’s a doubles fest for the Nats here in the fifth three nothing. And that’s number 80 nine second. He’s two for three. Drake Baldwin grounder to second and a pop up to short left center. That ball is going to get down. It’s gonna split the two and roll to the wall lacuna racing around the bases. He’s gonna come home Drake Baldwin. Now, 70 runs driven in this season and Atlanta’s on the board. Now, the call is made giving beer a little extra time beer with two walks since coming in. And the Braves now have the bases loaded, got him in the dirt. Great sequencing by Clayton Beater there. He’s always got the capability to strike somebody out after he walks a hitter or two. So they’re loaded up with two outs. So it’s now up to Marcelo Zuna. Big opportunity for the Braves can’t allow this to pass by Ozuna line drive and it gets out into right center field two RB I single by Marcello Zuna. And we’re back to even it’s three a piece here in the sixth. Very well done and he continues now for Nacho Alvarez game tied at three runners at 1st and 2nd as kim arrived at second and that’s going to be hit down the left field line, a base hit out of Nacho Alvarez coming around third base and to the plate, it’s Kim throw goes to third and they’ve got Ozuna did the run count. It did. And the Braves take the lead. They want to challenge this play at third base for the foot might be blocking the bag. But Then Marcel looked like he came off and did the glove hit or was it still in contact with Marcel when it came off? The so is out, we know that the top of the sixth is over. Now, the question is, will it be 4 to 3 like it was ruled on the field or will it be 3 to 3 run at third garcia at first. Here’s Dylan Cruz had an RB I single last inning groundball and he’s gonna come home. I don’t know why he didn’t go for a 543 double play there. But the Braves will get Lyle and he has got his fingers crossed pretty hard right now that Hunter Straton gets out of this. Stratton’s 02 got him swinging high fastball 98 and he just cooked him and suddenly that jam comes unraveled there for the Nationals and one down here in the inning, Olson, one for three today. No extra base hits. Hopefully that stays true. And Olson drives one way up in the air. He just ignited another missile into the second deck. It’s a homer by Matt Olson. This guy has been on another level here in September and it’s 53 Braves here in the 7th, 422 ft and it’s his 28th home run of the year. And the Braves have a two run lead here in the top of the seventh and Alvis faces him now to start the eighth switch hitter, batting left swing and a fly ball right field toward the line. Cruz on the run makes a sliding catch on the side warning track and pops to his feet. Nice play by Dylan Cruz. Tough to slide on that dirt warning track when it’s a little soggy so two out a runner at second and Marcelo Zuna, the batter Marcelo Zuna out to the gap he is going to drive in has on Kim here, he’s going to head for second base. He’s sliding again all in the dirt. Today is the big bear RB. I double some insurance for the Braves here in the eight back to back singles by Olson and Acuna and there at 1st and 2nd with one down line drive out to left center and there’s three straight hits now for the Braves. So they’re loaded and Ozzie Albies is going to come up here with a chance to really add on here for Atlanta tonight. Ozzie Albis in the air to left center field just on the edge of the track. It’s brought in that’s going to score another run. Everybody will try to advance and they do so now 7 to 3 here in the top of the ninth. Braves add on more. Hassan kim two RB I single from down three to nothing to up 9 to 3 here for the Braves as they go for a sweep on this Wednesday evening. So one down there at the corners now for Brady House great swing face it to right. Brady House scampering home his crew, the nets fighting their way through the bottom of the ninth. That’s down to their final chance with Abrams ground ball as he is there and the Braves get the four game sweep here in DC against the Washington Nationals. But we mentioned this prior to the start of the games, the first four game sweep of the nationals franchise.

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