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August 19, 2026 · AL West

Washington Nationals vs Texas Rangers

August 19, 2026Globe Life FieldRoof Closed 74°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Washington Nationals
61-67
6
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
62-65
0

Game Highlights

Published August 19, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 José Tena José Tena homers (7) on a fly ball to center field. WSH 1, TEX 0
T4 Keibert Ruiz Keibert Ruiz singles on a ground ball to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Andrés Chaparro scores. WSH 2, TEX 0
T6 Jorbit Vivas Jorbit Vivas grounds out to pitcher Cole Winn. Andrés Chaparro scores. Keibert Ruiz to 3rd. WSH 3, TEX 0
T7 Andrés Chaparro Andrés Chaparro homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Abimelec Ortiz scores. José Tena scores. WSH 6, TEX 0

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 001101300 6
TEX 000000000 0

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 6

Cade Cavalli started for Nationals, leaving with a 3–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cade Cavalli Starter 6.0 84 0 11 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cade Cavalli threw
    CSW 35% 1st-pitch strike 64% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Knuckle Curve 24 29% 7 3 2 9 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 22 26% 4 5 6 6 1
    Sweeper 15 18% 1 5 3 5 1
    Sinker 10 12% 0 1 5 1 3
    Changeup 7 8% 1 0 2 3 1
    Cutter 6 7% 1 1 1 2 1
  • Will Dion Long 1.0 14 0 1
  • Max Kranick Middle 1.0 10 0 0
  • Jake Bird Middle 1.0 12 0 1
Rangers HOME 0

Kumar Rocker started for Rangers, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Peyton Gray took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kumar Rocker Starter 5.0 92 2 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kumar Rocker threw
    CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 34 37% 6 4 5 15 4
    Sinker 33 36% 1 3 8 11 10
    Four-Seam Fastball 13 14% 1 0 6 3 3
    Cutter 9 10% 1 2 2 4 0
    Splitter 3 3% 1 0 0 1 1
  • Cole Winn Middle 1.0 17 1 0
  • Peyton Gray Middle 1.0 27 3 0
  • Jordan Montgomery Middle 2.0 31 0 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 3rd · off Rocker
  • Tena HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
CJ Abrams SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 .279 .354 .530 .884 2B
Abimelec Ortiz 1B 4 1 1 0 1 1 .277 .306 .638 .944 2B
Dylan Crews RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .283 .358 .641
Daylen Lile LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .243 .292 .405 .697
Andrés Chaparro DH 4 3 3 3 0 0 .250 .360 .543 .903 HR (8), 2B
Keibert Ruiz C 3 0 2 1 1 0 .279 .317 .438 .755
Jacob Young CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .312 .401 .713
Brady House 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .289 .396 .685
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .310 .262 .572
José Tena LF 3 2 2 1 1 0 .241 .318 .405 .723 HR (7)
Jorbit Vivas 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 .238 .328 .320 .648
HOME · TEX
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Joc Pederson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .239 .332 .485 .817
Corey Seager SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .213 .312 .398 .710
Wyatt Langford DH 4 0 0 0 0 3 .253 .319 .459 .778
Brandon Nimmo RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .271 .335 .433 .768
Ezequiel Duran LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 .316 .427 .743
Cody Freeman 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .345 .269 .614
Jarred Kelenic CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .225 .313 .296 .609
Elias Díaz C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .228 .250 .380 .630
Nicky Lopez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .303 .303 .606
Evan Carter CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .195 .299 .322 .621

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cade Cavalli 6.0 3 0 0 1 11 0 84 3.22 W
Will Dion 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.14
Max Kranick 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6.39
Jake Bird 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5.80
HOME · TEX
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kumar Rocker 5.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 92 4.46 L
Cole Winn 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 17 5.93
Peyton Gray 1.0 1 3 3 2 0 1 27 3.83
Jordan Montgomery 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 31 7.88

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.