The Houston Astros beat the Washington Nationals 8-0 on May 15, 2022 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Martin Maldonado went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Justin Verlander pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Alcides Escobar went 1-for-3 for the Nationals.
- Patrick Corbin pitched 6.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 5 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Brantley | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rafael Montero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Washington Nationals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Cruz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Franco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Juan Soto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Corbin | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Paolo Espino | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2022 season · Previous May 14, 2022: HOU 6, WSH 13 · Next May 16, 2022: HOU 3, BOS 6
- Nationals · 2022 season · Previous May 14, 2022: HOU 6, WSH 13 · Next May 16, 2022: WSH 2, MIA 8