ATLANTA – The Nationals’ last road trip of the 2025 season got off to an exciting start, when they won two of three against the Mets over the weekend in Queens to knock their division rivals out of a playoff spot. This final away series doesn’t carry as much importance – as both the Nats and Braves are out of the postseason hunt – but it may be a meaningful chance at revenge for the visitors after Atlanta swept a four-games-in-three-days series in D.C. last week.
This series will start with a rematch from last week of an intriguing pitching matchup between two left-handed All-Stars on the bump. When MacKenzie Gore and Chris Sale faced off in the nightcap of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Nats Park, the two starting southpaws dominated their respective opposing lineups.
Gore held the Braves scoreless with two hits, three walks and five strikeouts over 5 ⅓ innings, while Sale shut out the Nats over eight innings with three hits, no walks and nine strikeouts. But in the end, neither had a say in the final score as the Braves put up five runs in the 10th inning for a 5-0 victory.
How will this rematch shape out?
WASHINGTON NATIONALS at ATLANTA BRAVES
Where: Truist Park
Gametime: 7:15 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLBN (out-of-market only), MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, DC 87.7 (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Partly cloudy, 82 degrees, wind 6 mph in from left field
NATIONALS
SS Nasim Nuñez
DH CJ Abrams
1B Andrés Chaparro
C Riley Adams
RF Dylan Crews
2B Paul DeJong
3B Brady House
CF Jacob Young
LF Robert Hassell III
LHP MacKenzie Gore
BRAVES
LF Jurickson Profar
1B Matt Olson
RF Ronald Acuña Jr.
2B Ozzie Albies
SS Ha-Seong Kim
C Drake Baldwin
DH Marcell Ozuna
CF Michael Harris II
3B Nacho Alvarez Jr.
LHP Chris Sale