HOU 1, WSH 3 | Mar 8, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, March 8, 2026•CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches•82°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

WSH

Nationals

Final

WIN

Cole Henry

LOSS

J.P. France

SAVE

Gus Varland

The Nationals defeated the Astros 3-1.

Key Moment

Bot 7: Ronny Cruz homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Abimelec Ortiz scores.

Weather: 82°F, Partly CloudyWind: 15 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 5:05 PM UTCT: 2:06Att: 3,325Venue: CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches

Ump Audit

Carlos Torres

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89.8%C

13 missed calls

+5.8% HOU

No run favor

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	0	0	1	3	0
WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Game 831572 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brice Matthews2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	.273/.333/.364	82.4	-	-
Anthony HuezoCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143/.333/.571	44.6	-	-
John GarciaC	1	0	0	0	0	1	.100/.091/.400	48.7	-	-
Jason Schiavone1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	85	-	-
Justin ThomasLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.333/.000	-	-	-
Josh WakefieldRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286/.375/.429	-	-	-
Lucas SpenceDH	3	0	0	0	0	3	.133/.188/.133	83.1	-	-
Tommy Sacco Jr.SS	0	0	0	0	1	0	.091/.231/.182	-	-	-
Jack Winkler3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.412/.533	35	-	-
Bench
Jose Altuve2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.118/.167/.118	84.7	-	-
Yordan AlvarezLF	3	0	1	0	0	0	.091/.091/.182
Totals	30	1	3	1	1	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Smith (5th off Ribalta, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Alvarez

TB:7

RBI:Smith

Team LOB:3

Washington Nationals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Seaver KingSS	0	0	0	0	1	0	.385/.500/.462	74.6	-

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Hunter Brown	4.0	0	0	0	2	9	0	62-39	93.5	1.04
Christian RoaH	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-10	92.8	1.80
Steven OkertH	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	84.9	10.80
J.P. FranceLBS	1.1	3	3	3	1	1	1	38-27	85.8	7.71
Tom Cosgrove	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	90.5	1.59
Totals	8.0	3	3	3	3	13	1	124-84	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Cosgrove 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Brown 62-39; Roa 13-10; Okert 10-7; France 38-27; Cosgrove 1-1

Groundouts-flyouts:Brown 3-0; Roa 1-0; Okert 0-2; France 1-2; Cosgrove 0-1

Washington Nationals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Andrew Alvarez	4.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	41-28	85.2	2.00

Game Notes

📺

T3Replay review: Keibert Ruiz challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Jax Biggers called out on strikes.

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B5Replay review: Yainer Diaz challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Yohandy Morales called out on strikes.

Bench
Nasim NuñezSS	2	0	0	0	1	1	.188/.381/.313	79.5	-	-
Robert Hassell IIICF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.278/.316/.333	95.3	-	-
Keibert RuizC	2	0	1	0	1	1	.263/.333/.474	76.6	-	-
Andrés Chaparro1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.214/.368/.429	82.5	-	-
José Tena2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.154/.450/.385	96.4	-	-
Joey WiemerRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.056/.150/.056	87.6	-	-
Yohandy Morales3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000/.077/.000	81.1	-	-
Christian FranklinLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.250/.250	100.3	-	-
Andrew AlvarezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Orlando RibaltaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jackson RutledgeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cole HenryP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Griff McGarryP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gus VarlandP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-