The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 2-1 on Jul 28, 2025 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Nathaniel Lowe went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Brad Lord pitched 5.1 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
- Mauricio Dubon went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Framber Valdez pitched 6.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run with 12 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Call | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Brady House | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Bell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacob Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Lord | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Ferrer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zack Short | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 1 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2025 season · Previous Jul 27, 2025: WSH 7, MIN 2 · Next Jul 29, 2025: WSH 4, HOU 7
- Astros · 2025 season · Previous Jul 27, 2025: ATH 7, HOU 1 · Next Jul 29, 2025: WSH 4, HOU 7