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Texas Rangers @ Washington Nationals

2023-07-08 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 29402 · 87°F, cloudy · Wind 7 mph R to L · 2:12

Washington Nationals defeated Texas Rangers 8–3. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Jeimer Candelario homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. CJ Abrams scores. Lane Thomas scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Jeimer Candelario homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. CJ Abrams scores. Lane Thomas scores — worth 17% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Adolis Garcia (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	8
WAS	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		8	12

W: Jake Irvin L: Andrew Heaney SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gabe Morales · 1B: Adam Beck · 2B: Dan Iassogna · 3B: Tom Hanahan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marcus Semien	3	0	0	0	1	0
Corey Seager	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nathaniel Lowe	4	0	2	0	0	1
Adolis Garcia	3	1	0	0	1	1
Josh Jung	4	2	2	3	0	0
Jonah Heim	4	0	1	0	0	1
Travis Jankowski	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ezequiel Duran	4	0	1	0	0	0
Leody Taveras	4	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
CJ Abrams	4	1	2	0	0	0
Lane Thomas	4	2	2	0	0	2
Jeimer Candelario	4	1	1	3	0	2
Joey Meneses	4	1	2	2	0	0
Keibert Ruiz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stone Garrett	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ildemaro Vargas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Garcia	3	2	2	0	1	0
Alex Call	4	1	2	2	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andrew Heaney	3.0	8	1	4
Grant Anderson	4.0	3	0	3
Brock Burke	1.0	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jake Irvin	5.0	5	2	1
Jordan Weems	2.0	3	0	1
Kyle Finnegan	1.0	0	0	2
Amos Willingham	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marcus Semien: 53/G56
Corey Seager: 8/F8XD+
Nathaniel Lowe: S7/L7L
Adolis Garcia: 9/F9L

Bot 1

CJ Abrams: S9/L89D
Lane Thomas: S7/L7.1-2
Jeimer Candelario: HR/F89XD.2-H;1-H
Joey Meneses: HR/F7LD
Keibert Ruiz: 53/G56
Stone Garrett: K
Ildemaro Vargas: 8/F89D

Top 2

Josh Jung: 8/F8XD
Jonah Heim: S8/G6M
Travis Jankowski: 36(1)/FO/G34S.B-1
Ezequiel Duran: 13/G1S

Bot 2

Luis Garcia: W
Alex Call: HR/F8XD.1-H
CJ Abrams: 5/P25F/FL
Lane Thomas: S7/G6
Jeimer Candelario: K
Joey Meneses: SB2
Joey Meneses: D7/L7LD+.2-H
Keibert Ruiz: K

Top 3

Leody Taveras: 8/F8XD
Marcus Semien: W
Corey Seager: 46(1)/FO/G3.B-2(E6/TH)
Nathaniel Lowe: K

Bot 3

Stone Garrett: K
Ildemaro Vargas: 9/F3D
Luis Garcia: T9/L9LD+.B-H(E4/TH)(NR)(UR)
Alex Call: 53/G56

Top 4

Adolis Garcia: W
Josh Jung: HR/F89XD.1-H
Jonah Heim: 43/G4
Travis Jankowski: 8/F78D
Ezequiel Duran: S6/G6
Leody Taveras: 13/G1S

Bot 4

CJ Abrams: S7/L78S
Lane Thomas: K
Jeimer Candelario: K
Joey Meneses: SB2
Joey Meneses: 53/G5

Top 5

Marcus Semien: 8/F89
Corey Seager: 43/G4
Nathaniel Lowe: D7/G5
Adolis Garcia: 53/G56

Bot 5

Keibert Ruiz: 9/F9
Stone Garrett: 53/G5
Ildemaro Vargas: S5/G56
Luis Garcia: 63/G6M

Top 6

Josh Jung: HR/L7LD
Jonah Heim: 5/P5F/FL
Travis Jankowski: S7/G6
Ezequiel Duran: 64(1)3/GDP/G1S

Bot 6

Alex Call: S7/L7
CJ Abrams: 7/L7+
Lane Thomas: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 7

Leody Taveras: D7/L7L
Marcus Semien: 53/G5
Corey Seager: K
Nathaniel Lowe: 8/F89

Bot 7

Jeimer Candelario: 5/P5SF/FL
Joey Meneses: 53/G5
Keibert Ruiz: 8/F8D

Top 8

Adolis Garcia: K
Josh Jung: 9/F9S
Jonah Heim: K

Bot 8

Stone Garrett: 63/G6S
Ildemaro Vargas: 3/P3F/FL
Luis Garcia: S7/L7L
Alex Call: 9/F9LS

Top 9

Travis Jankowski: 63/G4MD
Ezequiel Duran: 6/L6D+
Leody Taveras: 43/G34

Notes & reviews

Rangers challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned.
Rangers right fielder Adolis Garcia ejected by HP umpire Gabe Morales for arguing balls and strikes

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