Washington Nationals @ Texas Rangers

61-68, 34-32 Away

Final

63-65, 34-28 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
D. LileRF	0-4	0	0	0	.241
A. OrtizDH	0-3	0	0	0	.260
H. FordPH	0-0	0	0	0	.212
A. Chaparro1B	0-4	0	0	0	.242
J. Tena2B-LF	0-3	0	0	0	.238
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Tena struck out swinging. 4th: Tena struck out swinging. 7th: Tena walked. 9th: Tena struck out looking. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was upheld.
B. House3B	1-1	0	0	0	.238
K. RuizC	0-3	0	0	0	.272
D. CrewsCF	0-3	0	0	0	.209
N. NunezSS	0-3	0	0	0	.224
A. PinckneyLF	0-2	0	0	0	.231
J. VivasPH-2B	0-1	0	0	0	.237

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
A. Alvarez	5.0	4	1	3	5	75-41	3.60
O. Ribalta	1.0	1	0	0	2	16-13	3.32
C. Beeter	1.0	0	0	1	1	15-9	3.46
T. Cosgrove	1.0	1	1	0	0	16-14	4.15

According to ESPN Analytics

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Globe Life Field

8:05 PM, August 20, 2026Coverage: MLB.TV/FS1

Arlington, Texas

Attendance: 21,179

Game Time:2:20

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chad Whitson
First Base Umpire - Brian Walsh
Second Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild
Third Base Umpire - Bill Miller

Rangers' Jacob deGrom surpasses 2,000 K's and combines with 3 on 1-hitter in 2-0 win over Nationals

— Jacob deGrom struck out 10 and allowed one hit and one walk in six innings while reaching 2,000 career strikeouts in the second-fewest games and innings in major league history as the Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Thursday night.

Aug 20, 2026, 10:37 pm - AP


WSH
TEX

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-	2	6	0

Scoring Summary

Inning				WSH	TEX
		3rd	Seager homered to left center (382 feet).	0	1
		8th	Lopez hit sacrifice fly to center, Duran scored.	0	2

Data is currently unavailable.

OpenMLTotalRL

Washington NationalsNationalsWSH

(61-68)

(61-68, 34-32 Away)

(61-68)

Andrew Alvarez

(2-6, 3.43)

o7.5

-126

Texas RangersRangersTEX

(63-65)

(63-65, 34-28 Home)

(63-65)

Jacob deGrom

(11-11, 4.20)

-142

Nationals
0
Rangers
5

Game 1

8/18

Nationals
6
Rangers
0

Game 2

8/19

Nationals
0
Rangers
2

Game 3

8/20

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	94	68	.580	-	L1
Philadelphia	88	74	.543	6	W1
Miami	80	82	.494	14	W1
Washington	77	85	.475	17	W1
New York	74	88	.457	20	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

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Washington Nationals @ Texas Rangers

Rangers' Jacob deGrom surpasses 2,000 K's and combines with 3 on 1-hitter in 2-0 win over Nationals

J. deGrom9-8

A. Alvarez2-5

J. Latz25

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