HOU 2, WSH 8 | Jul 8, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, July 8, 2026•Nationals Park•84°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

WSH

Nationals

Final

WIN

Foster Griffin

LOSS

Spencer Arrighetti

The Nationals cruised past the Astros 8-2 in a dominant performance.

★Luis García Jr.3-for-4, 3 RBI

⚾Foster Griffin7.0 IP, 1 ER, 9 K

Key Moment

Top 8: Nick Allen singles on a ground ball to shortstop CJ Abrams. Zach Dezenzo scores. Nick Allen to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop CJ Abrams.

Weather: 84°F, Partly CloudyWind: 5 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 10:45 PM UTCT: 2:54Att: 17,760Venue: Nationals Park

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93.3%B

11 missed calls

+18.4% HOU

+1.53 runs HOU

Win Probability

WSH WinHOU Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	8	0
WSH	0	0	2	3	3	0	0

Game 822710 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.231/.306/.396	77.1	.157	.148
Yordan AlvarezDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.310/.416/.614	106.8	.136	.140
Isaac Paredes3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	.253/.346/.419	102.1	.334	.370
Christian Walker1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.242/.318/.473	100.2	.189	.172
Cam SmithRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.220/.296/.374	103.1	.219	.197
Yainer DiazC	4	1	1	0	0	1	.242/.267/.389	91.5	.319	.295
Brice MatthewsCF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.200/.253/.337	107.9	.398	.367
Zach DezenzoLF	3	1	2	0	0	1	.222/.300/.352	92.5	.856	.781
Nick AllenSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.244/.295/.314	77	.064	.059
Bench
Spencer ArrighettiP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alimber SantaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	34	2	8	1	0	10	-	-	-	-

2B:Paredes; Walker; Diaz

TB:11

RBI:Matthews

SB:Matthews

GIDP:Walker

Team LOB:5

Washington Nationals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
James WoodRF	2	2	0	0	3	1	.269/.402/.546	105.5	.057

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Spencer ArrighettiL	4.0	7	8	8	6	2	2	94-48	83.8	4.50
Alimber Santa	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	38-25	88.9	1.17
Nate Pearson	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-10	93	3.60
Cristian Javier	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	30-16	89.3	10.22
Totals	8.0	9	8	8	10	3	2	180-99	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Santa 3-2

Pitches-strikes:Arrighetti 94-48; Santa 38-25; Pearson 18-10; Javier 30-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Arrighetti 2-8; Santa 4-2; Pearson 1-1; Javier 0-3

Washington Nationals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Foster GriffinW	7.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	99-71	85.6	2.77

Bot 3 • WSH

0-1

CJ Abrams out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Zach Dezenzo. James Wood scores.

EV: 94.6 mph304 ftLA: 20°

0-2

Daylen Lile doubles (21) on a line drive to left fielder Zach Dezenzo. Luis García Jr. scores.

EV: 101.8 mph386 ftLA: 21°

Bot 4 • WSH

0-5

Luis García Jr. homers (20) on a fly ball to right center field. Keibert Ruiz scores. James Wood scores.

EV: 104.6 mph💣 417 ftLA: 25°

Top 5 • HOU

1-5

Brice Matthews singles on a line drive to center fielder Dylan Crews. Yainer Diaz scores.

EV: 83.0 mph280 ftLA: 22°

Bot 5 • WSH

1-6

CJ Abrams homers (20) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 104.1 mph💣 415 ftLA: 28°

1-7

José Tena grounds out to first baseman Christian Walker. Daylen Lile scores. Dylan Crews to 3rd. Jorbit Vivas to 2nd.

EV: 79.1 mph2 ftLA: -60°

1-8

Keibert Ruiz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brice Matthews. Dylan Crews scores.

EV: 90.8 mph343 ftLA: 29°

Top 8 • HOU

2-8

Nick Allen singles on a ground ball to shortstop CJ Abrams. Zach Dezenzo scores. Nick Allen to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop CJ Abrams.

EV: 54.8 mph68 ftLA: 7°

Bench
Foster GriffinP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Orlando RibaltaP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Justin LawrenceP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Houston Astros

Washington Nationals

Pitching

Houston Astros

Washington Nationals

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