The Braves had nothing but playoff preparedness and some records to play for in the penultimate game of their regular season.
Spencer Strider got a good start on one of those records, striking out the second National for his first out, but ran into some trouble after that as he got some horrendous BABIP luck, allowing three Nationals to score before another out was recorded. He battled back to strike out the last three batters of the inning for the franchise single-season strikeout record. An Austin Riley double and a fielding error created a threat, but the Braves weren’t able to score any runs.