The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 8-2 on Jul 8, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Brice Matthews went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Spencer Arrighetti pitched 4.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 8 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Luis Garcia Jr. went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Nationals.
- Foster Griffin pitched 7.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 9 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brice Matthews | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Allen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Arrighetti | 4.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Cristian Javier | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Pearson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylen Lile | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dylan Crews | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Curtis Mead | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| James Wood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Griffin | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Lawrence | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Jul 7, 2026: HOU 6, WSH 3 · Next Jul 10, 2026: HOU 3, TEX 7
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Jul 7, 2026: HOU 6, WSH 3 · Next Jul 10, 2026: NYY 5, WSH 3