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July 6, 2026 · NL East

Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals

July 6, 2026Nationals ParkOvercast 80°F · 2 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Houston Astros
45-48
11
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
47-45
12

Game Highlights

Published July 6, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Christian Walker Christian Walker doubles (17) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Jacob Young. Isaac Paredes scores. HOU 1, WSH 0
B1 Curtis Mead Curtis Mead doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Brice Matthews. James Wood scores. HOU 1, WSH 1
T2 Jose Altuve Jose Altuve homers (9) on a fly ball to left field. Braden Shewmake scores. Brice Matthews scores. HOU 4, WSH 1
T3 Yainer Diaz Yainer Diaz homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Cam Smith scores. HOU 6, WSH 1
B3 Luis García Jr. Luis García Jr. doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to left fielder LaMonte Wade Jr. Nasim Nuñez scores. James Wood to 3rd. HOU 6, WSH 2
B3 Curtis Mead Curtis Mead singles on a ground ball to left fielder LaMonte Wade Jr. James Wood scores. Luis García Jr. to 3rd. HOU 6, WSH 3
B3 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams homers (19) on a line drive to right field. Luis García Jr. scores. Curtis Mead scores. HOU 6, WSH 6
B5 Curtis Mead Curtis Mead homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. HOU 6, WSH 7
B5 Drew Millas Drew Millas out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder LaMonte Wade Jr. CJ Abrams scores. HOU 6, WSH 8
B5 James Wood James Wood hits a grand slam (24) to center field. Dylan Crews scores. Jacob Young scores. Nasim Nuñez scores. HOU 6, WSH 12
T6 Braden Shewmake Braden Shewmake grounds into a double play, second baseman Nasim Nuñez to shortstop CJ Abrams to first baseman Luis García Jr. Cam Smith scores. Yainer Diaz out at 2nd. Braden Shewmake out at 1st. HOU 7, WSH 12
T8 Braden Shewmake Braden Shewmake doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Dylan Crews. LaMonte Wade Jr. scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. HOU 8, WSH 12
T8 Brice Matthews Brice Matthews homers (7) on a line drive to left field. Yainer Diaz scores. Braden Shewmake scores. HOU 11, WSH 12

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 132001040 11
WSH 105060000 12

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Astros AWAY 11

Mike Burrows started for Astros, leaving trailing 6–12. Out of the bullpen, AJ Blubaugh took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Mike Burrows Starter 4.1 83 10 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Mike Burrows threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 68% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 25 30% 0 2 10 5 8
    Changeup 21 25% 2 3 4 9 3
    Sinker 17 20% 0 5 0 5 7
    Curveball 14 17% 0 4 2 7 1
    Slider 6 7% 0 3 1 1 1
  • AJ Blubaugh Middle 1.2 33 2 3 inherited 3, all 3 scored
  • Nate Pearson Middle 1.0 13 0 1
  • Enyel De Los Santos Middle 1.0 19 0 2
Nationals HOME 12

Miles Mikolas started for Nationals, leaving with a 12–7 lead. Out of the bullpen, Cole Henry took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Miles Mikolas Starter 6.0 99 7 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Miles Mikolas threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 74% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 31 31% 2 1 6 13 9
    Sinker 24 24% 1 3 5 7 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 22 22% 0 4 10 5 3
    Curveball 16 16% 1 5 1 8 1
    Changeup 4 4% 1 1 0 1 1
    Sweeper 2 2% 0 0 0 2 0
  • Cole Henry Middle 1.2 44 4 2
  • Clayton Beeter Middle 1.1 12 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 5th · off Burrows
  • Mead HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jose Altuve 2B 5 1 1 3 0 1 .235 .312 .394 .706 HR (9)
Yordan Alvarez DH 5 0 1 0 0 2 .318 .426 .630 1.056
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 1 0 0 1 1 .251 .346 .418 .764
Christian Walker 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 .240 .312 .472 .784 2B
LaMonte Wade Jr. LF 3 1 0 0 1 1 .190 .261 .429 .690
Cam Smith RF 3 2 2 0 1 0 .225 .298 .382 .680
Yainer Diaz C 4 2 2 2 0 0 .242 .267 .386 .653 HR (5)
Braden Shewmake SS 4 2 2 1 0 0 .256 .272 .423 .695 2B
Brice Matthews CF 4 2 2 3 0 1 .197 .249 .338 .587 HR (7)
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood DH 2 3 1 4 3 0 .268 .398 .541 .939 HR (24), SB
Luis García Jr. 1B 5 1 1 1 0 3 .281 .311 .558 .869 2B
Curtis Mead 3B 5 2 3 3 0 1 .240 .333 .483 .816 HR (15), 2B
CJ Abrams SS 5 2 3 3 0 1 .274 .351 .509 .860 HR (19), SB
Dylan Crews RF 4 1 0 0 0 1 .226 .281 .371 .652
Daylen Lile LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 .305 .412 .717
Jacob Young CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .225 .275 .374 .649
Drew Millas C 3 0 1 1 0 2 .188 .276 .266 .542
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 2 3 0 0 1 .243 .329 .294 .623 SB

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Mike Burrows 4.1 9 10 7 2 3 2 83 5.99 L
AJ Blubaugh 1.2 3 2 2 0 3 1 33 3.57
Nate Pearson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 3.79
Enyel De Los Santos 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 19 4.65
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Miles Mikolas 6.0 9 7 7 2 3 2 99 5.78 W
Cole Henry 1.2 3 4 4 1 2 1 44 7.90
Clayton Beeter 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 3.00 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Joe Espada
Joe Espada
Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 1.7 R IBBs 0.5 R
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · HOU
7-3 L1 +13 run diff
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HOME · WSH
2-8 L1 -19 run diff
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Season series: 0-1 with HOU listed first across 1 prior meeting.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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