Houston Astros at Washington Nationals

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Houston Astros

46-48, 23-24 Away

Final
6 - 3

Washington Nationals

47-46, 19-28 Home

Jose Altuve homers, Nick Allen drives in 3 as the Astros beat the Nationals 6-3

Houston Astros vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Christian Vázquez drove in two for Houston, which has won three of four.

James Wood hit his 25th home run for Washington, which lost for the third time in four games. The Nationals left 11 men on base and were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.

Houston trailed 2-1 before a three-run fourth inning against Andrew Alvarez. After the Astros loaded the bases with one out, Allen slapped a two-run single to left. After Brice Matthews and Allen executed a double steal, Matthews scored on Vázquez’s sacrifice fly.

Vázquez chased Alvarez (2-2) with an RBI single in the sixth. Alvarez allowed five runs on four hits and five walks in 5 2/3 innings.

Altuve homered with two outs in the eighth into the visitor’s bullpen, where teammate Bryan Abreu caught it between warmup pitches. It was Altuve’s 10th homer of the year, and his second in two nights.

Nationals pinch hitter José Tena homered in the ninth against Alimber Santa. Wood singled, and after Santa struck out Andrés Chaparro, the Astros summoned closer Josh Hader. Curtis Mead’s single and CJ Abrams’ walk loaded the bases, but Hader struck out pinch hitter Dylan Crews to earn his 10th save.

Steven Okert (2-1) struck out three in 1 1/3 innings for Houston.

Wood drove Tatsuya Imai’s slider to right-center for his major league-best eighth leadoff homer of the season. Wood is the first Nationals player with consecutive 25-homer seasons since Bryce Harper in 2017-18.

Allen’s sacrifice fly tied it in the second. Washington reclaimed the lead on Abrams’ sacrifice fly in the third.

Imai allowed two runs and struck out three in 3 2/3 innings.

Up next Houston RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-4, 3.81 ERA) faces Washington LHP Foster Griffin (9-2, 2.87) as the three-game series concludes Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crews struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Crews hit for Ruiz
	9th Inning	Abrams walked.
	9th Inning	Mead reached on infield single to shortstop, Mead to second, Wood to second, Wood safe at third on throwing error by shortstop Allen.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Santa
	9th Inning	Chaparro struck out swinging.

Statistics

HOU		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	10
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
4	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
163	Pitches	164
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	18
41	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
5.1	Runs Created	6.4
.200	Batting Average	.306
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.300	Slugging Percentage	.500
.467	Secondary Average	.278
.366	On Base Percentage	.366
.666	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.866
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
37.0	Batter Rating	31.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.100	Isolated Power	.194
0.88	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.171	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
.267	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.028
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
81.8	MLB Rating	86.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0