HOU at WSH — 2026-07-07 | The Game Network

HOU 6 — 3 WSH

Final — 2026-07-07

MVP: James Wood 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Houston Astros defeated Washington Nationals 6-3. James Wood led the way with 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB. Steven Okert earned the win and Andrew Alvarez took the loss. Josh Hader recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6	6	1
WSH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	0

WP Steven Okert (2-1)

LP Andrew Alvarez (2-2)

SV Josh Hader (10)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Wood homered to right center (419 feet). (0-1)

Top 2: Allen hit sacrifice fly to right, Walker scored, Smith to third. (1-1)

Bot 3: Abrams hit sacrifice fly to center, Wood scored. (1-2)

Top 4: Allen singled to left, Dezenzo scored and Walker scored, Matthews to second. (3-2)

Top 4: Vázquez hit sacrifice fly to center, Matthews scored. (4-2)

Top 6: Vázquez singled to right, Dezenzo scored, Allen to third. (5-2)

Top 8: Altuve homered to left center (402 feet). (6-2)

Bot 9: Tena homered to right center (398 feet). (6-3)

HOU — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Altuve	2B	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	.234	.310	.401	.711
Alvarez	DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.313	.420	.621	1.041
Paredes	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.344	.415	.759
Walker	1B	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.242	.319	.472	.791
Smith	RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.223	.300	.379	.679
Dezenzo	LF	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.196	.281	.333	.614
Matthews	CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.199	.253	.338	.591
Allen	SS	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	.241	.293	.313	.606
Vazquez	C	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	.220	.275	.327	.602
Trammell	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.308	.393	.701
Shewmake	2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.272	.423	.695

WSH — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Wood	RF	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	.270	.400	.549	.949
Garcia	1B	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.315	.559	.874
Mead	3B	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.243	.335	.486	.821
Abrams	DH	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	.276	.354	.509	.863
Ruiz	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.279	.308	.463	.771
Lile	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.302	.407	.709
Nunez	SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.247	.331	.297	.628
Vivas	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.323	.341	.664
Young	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.223	.276	.371	.647
Chaparro	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.157	.306	.275	.581
Tena	PH	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	.239	.303	.411	.714
Crews	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.225	.279	.369	.648

HOU — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Imai	3.2	4	2	2	3	3	1	84-52	6.06	1.50
Okert	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	17-13	2.42	0.87	W, 2-1
De Los Santos	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	4.54	1.22
King	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9-6	2.03	1.18
Abreu	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	5.70	1.67
Santa	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	19-13	1.35	0.91
Hader	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	13-7	0.59	0.72	S, 10

WSH — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Alvarez	5.2	4	5	5	5	3	0	97-55	3.64	1.38	L, 2-2
Lawrence	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-5	7.67	1.90
Krook	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	23-14	14.54	2.77
Cornelio	1.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	20-14	7.82	2.05
Palmquist	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-10	7.11	1.58

Venue: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia (20,424)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Shane Livensparger, First Base Umpire: Mark Ripperger, Second Base Umpire: Brock Ballou, Third Base Umpire: Dan Merzel

Broadcast: SCHN | NATV

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