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August 18, 2026 · AL West

Washington Nationals vs Texas Rangers

August 18, 2026Globe Life FieldRoof Closed 74°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Washington Nationals
60-67
0
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
62-64
5

Game Highlights

Published August 18, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Jake Burger Jake Burger grounds into a double play, shortstop Nasim Nuñez to second baseman Jorbit Vivas to first baseman Abimelec Ortiz. Wyatt Langford scores. Corey Seager out at 2nd. Jake Burger out at 1st. WSH 0, TEX 1
B2 Justin Foscue Justin Foscue homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. WSH 0, TEX 2
B3 Brandon Nimmo Nationals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Brandon Nimmo reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Jorbit Vivas. Wyatt Langford scores. Corey Seager to 3rd. WSH 0, TEX 3
B3 Justin Foscue Justin Foscue walks. Corey Seager scores. Brandon Nimmo to 3rd. Ezequiel Duran to 2nd. WSH 0, TEX 4
B3 Cody Freeman Cody Freeman singles on a ground ball to third baseman Brady House. Brandon Nimmo scores. Ezequiel Duran to 3rd. Justin Foscue to 2nd. WSH 0, TEX 5

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 000000000 0
TEX 113000000 5

Pitching & bullpen

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

Nationals AWAY 0

Jackson Kent started for Nationals, leaving trailing 0–5.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jackson Kent Starter 3.2 84 5 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jackson Kent threw
    CSW 17% 1st-pitch strike 59% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 40 48% 1 4 12 14 9
    Slider 20 24% 2 1 5 8 4
    Changeup 17 20% 3 0 4 8 2
    Curveball 7 8% 0 3 0 3 1
  • Trevor Williams Middle 3.1 51 0 5 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Yovanny Cruz Reliever 1.0 14 0 0
Rangers HOME 5

Cal Quantrill started for Rangers, leaving with a 5–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cal Quantrill Starter 7.0 91 0 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cal Quantrill threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 34 37% 4 9 4 11 6
    Cutter 19 21% 0 4 5 8 2
    Sinker 18 20% 0 5 2 6 5
    Splitter 17 19% 1 1 4 4 7
    Curveball 3 3% 0 1 1 1 0
  • Robby Ahlstrom Middle 0.2 17 0 2
  • Jakob Junis Setup 0.1 3 0 1 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Tyler Alexander Middle 1.0 23 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 1st · off Kent
  • Burger GIDP

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
CJ Abrams DH 4 0 2 0 0 2 .280 .355 .531 .886 2B
Andrés Chaparro 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 .232 .348 .500 .848 2B
José Tena 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .311 .387 .698
Daylen Lile LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 .295 .409 .704
Dylan Crews RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .212 .284 .360 .644
Andrew Pinckney PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .357 .727 1.084
Harry Ford C 4 0 1 0 0 3 .212 .317 .423 .740
Nasim Nuñez SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .228 .313 .265 .578
Jacob Young CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .249 .312 .402 .714
Abimelec Ortiz 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .279 .295 .651 .946
Brady House 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .290 .397 .687
Jorbit Vivas 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 .332 .325 .657
HOME · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Corey Seager SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .208 .309 .396 .705 2B
Jake Burger 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .239 .300 .424 .724
Brandon Nimmo RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .273 .338 .437 .775
Ezequiel Duran 2B 3 0 1 0 1 2 .264 .318 .431 .749
Joc Pederson DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .335 .491 .826
Danny Jansen C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .165 .269 .299 .568
Cody Freeman 3B 3 0 2 1 1 1 .280 .357 .280 .637
Evan Carter CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .193 .298 .321 .619
Wyatt Langford LF 4 2 2 0 1 0 .257 .323 .465 .788
Justin Foscue DH 1 1 1 2 1 0 .257 .321 .474 .795 HR (8)

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jackson Kent 3.2 8 5 5 3 3 1 84 9.39 L
Trevor Williams 3.1 2 0 0 1 5 0 51 1.84
Yovanny Cruz 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 5.79
HOME · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cal Quantrill 7.0 4 0 0 0 5 0 91 3.13 W
Robby Ahlstrom 0.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 17 4.82
Jakob Junis 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.98
Tyler Alexander 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 3.29

Manager comparison

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 2.4 R
HOME · TEX
Skip Schumaker
Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 4.4 R IBBs 5.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 L1 +4 run diff
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HOME · TEX
6-4 L1 +6 run diff
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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.

Read the full methodology.