Poulin will serve as the Nationals' opening pitcher for Sunday's game against the Brewers, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports. Zack Littell had been in line to start Sunday, but the Nationals will instead use him in bulk relief while having Poulin face off against the first few Milwaukee hitters. Poulin has opened on four other occasions for Washington this season, covering just 4.1 innings in those games while yielding one earned run on four hits and no walks.
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Peter Poulin Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER3/23L 2-01.0100000003/21W 3-11.0300000003/17W 1-01.0100000003/12W 3-20.2100000003/7W 3-01.0200000002/28W 3-21.0120000002/25L 7-01.0010000002/21W 2-11.010000100
Preseason Totals 7.2103000100 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER4/29W 14-21.0100000004/24L 5-41.2101001004/20L 7-40.1010001224/19W 3-00.2000001004/16W 8-70.2000002004/14W 5-41.0100002114/12W 8-61.1000001004/8L 6-10.1010001004/7L 7-61.1220001114/5L 8-62.0200002224/1L 6-50.1020000113/31L 3-21.0100000003/29W 6-30.2110000003/26W 10-41.001000100
Regular Season Totals 10.3981001377
Peter Poulin Splits 2026
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SplitsGSIPWLERAKBBHBPCGHRERSVOSAVGHR
Overall 415.1200.0108101377100.2283Home 15.2000.05400655100.2612Away 39.2200.05400722000.2061Night 38.1100.07300544100.1792Day 17.0100.03500833000.2761vs Lefty 00.0000.06210550000.1922vs Righty 00.0000.04600820000.2581March 12.2000.02200100000.1110April 312.2200.086001277100.2503Opponent vs MIL 0 2.1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.125 0 vs PIT 1 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0.571 1 vs STL 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0.333 1 vs CHC 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.167 0 vs NYM 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 vs PHI 1 1.1 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.000 0 vs LAD 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0.250 1 vs CWS 1 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.167 0 vs ATL 0 0.1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0.500 0 vs SF 1 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.143 0 Venue @ Chicago 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.167 0 @ Washington 1 5.2 0 0 0.0 5 4 0 0 6 5 5 1 0 0.261 2 @ Pittsburgh 1 1.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0.571 1 @ Milwaukee 0 2.1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.125 0 @ Philadelphia 1 1.1 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.000 0 @ New York 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0
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Another opener assignment
Poulin will serve as the Nationals' opening pitcher in Friday's game against the White Sox, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports. It will be Poulin's fourth opener assignment this season. He's preceded Miles Mikolas for the last two of them and that will likely be the case again Friday. Poulin holds a 4.97 ERA and 8:8 K:BB over 12.2 innings this season.
Opening Sunday's game
Poulin will serve as the Nationals' opening pitcher for Sunday's game against the Giants, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports. Poulin will draw his third start of the season and will once again be working in front of Miles Mikolas, who is slated to cover the bulk of the innings out of the bullpen. The Nationals rode the Poulin-Mikolas pairing to a win over the Pirates on Tuesday, though the two pitchers combined to allow four earned runs over 4.1 innings. Poulin is unlikely to pitch more than an inning or two Sunday before turning the game over to Mikolas.