Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals Final Score

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Houston AstrosHOU

2–8

Final

Washington NationalsWSH

Nationals Park

Team Season Average

HOUWSH

Batting

4.57

R/G

5.38

0.242

AVG

0.250

0.316

OBP

0.324

0.412

SLG

0.434

0.728

OPS

0.758

1.34

HR/G

1.40

8.12

H/G

8.60

126

130

Pitching

4.74

ERA

4.80

1.39

WHIP

1.40

8.80

K/9

7.92

4.37

BB/9

3.56

4.66

RA/G

4.78

0.241

OPP AVG

0.259

814

734

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (WSH)	Total	HOU ML	WSH ML
DDraftKings	-1.5	10	+108	-130
FFanDuel	-1.5	10	+116	-134
BBetMGM	-1.5	10	+115	-140
CCaesars	-1.5	10	+115	-135
BBetOnline	-1.5	10	+121	-133
BBetRivers	-1.5	10	+106	-132
BBetus	-1.5	10	+118	-130
BBovada	-1.5	10	+115	-138
FFanatics	-1.5	10	+115	-140
LLowVig	-1.5	10	+121	-133
MMyBookie	-1.5	9.5	+112	-131

Game Information

Nationals Park

Stadium

Jul 8, 2026

10:45 PM UTC

Gametime weather

Clear sky

Wind 4 mph

83°

Lineups

HOU

Starters

WSH

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
HOU	13th	24th
WSH	1st	28th

Matchup

HOUWSH

46-48Record47-46
48.9%Win %50.5%
23-24Home record19-28
23-24Road record28-18
6-4Last 106-4
1Streak-1
-42Run diff+7
12-16Division10-17
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
HOU	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
WSH	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	—	8

Team Stats

HOUStatWSH

2Runs8
8Hits9
0Errors1
0Home runs2
1RBI8
1Stolen bases2
10K (bat)3
3K (pit)10
10BB (pit)0

Player Stats

HOU — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI
Cam SmithRF	4	0	0	0
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	0	0
Yainer DiazC	4	1	1	0
Isaac Paredes3B	4	0	2	0
Brice MatthewsCF	4	0	1	1
Yordan AlvarezDH	4	0	0	0
Christian Walker1B	4	0	1	0
Nick AllenSS	3	0	1	0
Zach DezenzoUNSPECIFIED POSITION	3	1	2	0

HOU — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Spencer ArrighettiSP	4.0	7	8	8	6	2
Alimber SantaRP	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Nate PearsonRP	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Cristian JavierSP	1.0	1	0	0	2	0

WSH — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Daylen LileLF	5	1	2	0	1	0
Jose TenaDH	4	0	0	0	1	0
Dylan CrewsRF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Luis Garcia Jr.1B	4	2	3	1	3	1
CJ AbramsSS	3	1	1	1	2	1
Curtis Mead3B	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jorbit Vivas3B	3	0	1	0	0	2
Keibert RuizC	3	1	1	0	1	0
James WoodRF	2	2	0	0	0	3

WSH — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	K
Foster GriffinSP	7.0	5	1	1	9
Justin LawrenceRP	1.0	1	0	0	0
Orlando RibaltaRP	1.0	2	1	0	1

Scoring Summary

87 events · 8 scoring

Inning 1 Top

Top
Altuve struck out swinging.
0-0
Top
Alvarez lined out to left.
0-0
Top
Paredes struck out swinging.
0-0

Inning 1 Bottom

Bottom
Wood walked. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was overturned.
0-0
Bottom
García Jr. lined out to second.
0-0
Bottom
Mead struck out looking.
0-0
Bottom
Abrams walked, Wood to second.
0-0
Bottom
Lile lined out to right.
0-0

Inning 2 Top

Top
Walker popped out to first.
0-0
Top
Smith struck out swinging.
0-0
Top
Diaz struck out swinging.
0-0

Inning 2 Bottom

Bottom
Crews grounded out to third.
0-0
Bottom
Vivas doubled to right.
0-0
Bottom
Tena struck out looking.
0-0
Bottom
Ruiz flied out to left.
0-0

Inning 3 Top

Top
Matthews flied out to shortstop.
0-0
Top
Dezenzo singled to center.
0-0
Top
Allen grounded into fielder's choice to third, Dezenzo out at second.
0-0
Top
Altuve struck out looking.
0-0

Inning 3 Bottom

Bottom
Wood walked.
0-0
Bottom
Wood stole second.
0-0
Bottom
García Jr. walked.
0-0
Bottom
Mead lined out to center, Wood to third.
0-0
Bottom
García Jr. stole second.
0-0
Bottom
Abrams hit sacrifice fly to left, Wood scored.
0-1
Bottom
Lile doubled to left, García Jr. scored.
0-2
Bottom
Crews lined out to left.
0-2

Inning 4 Top

Top
Alvarez struck out swinging.
0-2
Top
Paredes doubled to center.
0-2
Top
Walker grounded out to shortstop.
0-2
Top
Smith grounded out to third.
0-2

Inning 4 Bottom

Bottom
Vivas grounded out to third.
0-2
Bottom
Tena popped out to shortstop.
0-2
Bottom
Ruiz singled to right.
0-2
Bottom
Wood walked, Ruiz to second.
0-2
Bottom
García Jr. homered to right center (417 feet), Ruiz scored and Wood scored.
0-5
Bottom
Mead lined out to shortstop.
0-5

Inning 5 Top

Top
Diaz doubled to left.
0-5
Top
Diaz to third on wild pitch by Griffin.
0-5
Top
Matthews singled to center, Diaz scored.
1-5
Top
Dezenzo struck out swinging.
1-5
Top
Allen fouled out to catcher.
1-5
Top
Matthews stole second.
1-5
Top
Altuve flied out to right.
1-5

Inning 5 Bottom

Bottom
Abrams homered to right center (415 feet).
1-6
Bottom
Lile singled to center.
1-6
Bottom
Crews reached on infield single to second, Lile to second.
1-6
Bottom
Vivas walked, Crews to second, Lile to third.
1-6
Bottom
Santa relieved Arrighetti
1-6
Bottom
Tena grounded out to first, Lile scored, Vivas to second, Crews to third.
1-7
Bottom
Ruiz hit sacrifice fly to center, Crews scored.
1-8
Bottom
Wood grounded out to third.
1-8

Inning 6 Top

Top
Alvarez grounded out to catcher.
1-8
Top
Paredes singled to center.
1-8
Top
Walker grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Paredes out at second.
1-8

Inning 6 Bottom

Bottom
García Jr. singled to center.
1-8
Bottom
Mead walked, García Jr. to second.
1-8
Bottom
Abrams popped out to third.
1-8
Bottom
Lile grounded into fielder's choice to first, Mead out at second, García Jr. to third.
1-8
Bottom
Crews grounded out to shortstop.
1-8

Inning 7 Top

Top
Smith struck out swinging.
1-8
Top
Diaz grounded out to pitcher.
1-8
Top
Matthews struck out swinging.
1-8

Inning 7 Bottom

Bottom
Pearson relieved Santa
1-8
Bottom
Vivas walked.
1-8
Bottom
Tena flied out to center.
1-8
Bottom
Ruiz grounded into fielder's choice to third, Vivas out at second.
1-8
Bottom
Wood struck out swinging.
1-8

Inning 8 Top

Top
Ribalta relieved Griffin
1-8
Top
Dezenzo singled to center.
1-8
Top
Dezenzo to second on wild pitch by Ribalta.
1-8
Top
Allen reached on infield single to shortstop, Dezenzo scored on throwing error by shortstop Abrams, Allen to second.
2-8
Top
Altuve grounded out to third.
2-8
Top
Alvarez struck out looking.
2-8
Top
Paredes flied out to center.
2-8

Inning 8 Bottom

Bottom
Javier relieved Pearson
2-8
Bottom
García Jr. singled to center.
2-8
Bottom
Mead walked, García Jr. to second.
2-8
Bottom
Abrams flied out to center.
2-8
Bottom
Lile flied out to center, García Jr. to third.
2-8
Bottom
Crews walked, Mead to second.
2-8
Bottom
Vivas lined out to left.
2-8

Inning 9 Top

Top
Lawrence relieved Ribalta
2-8
Top
Walker doubled to right.
2-8
Top
Smith grounded out to third.
2-8
Top
Diaz grounded out to second, Walker to third.
2-8
Top
Matthews grounded out to shortstop.
2-8

Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals: Final Score & Recap

The Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros 8-2 in this MLB game at Nationals Park on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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