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Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals

2026-02-21 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 2884 · 81°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 6 mph, Out To CF · 2:40

Washington Nationals defeated Houston Astros 2–1. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 2nd — Nick Allen singles on a ground ball to first baseman Abimelec Ortiz. Shay Whitcomb scores. Will Bush to 3rd. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 6th — Jorgelys Mota homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Kellen Strahm grounds into a double play, second baseman Angel Feliz to first baseman Sam Brown. Tommy Sacco Jr. out at 2nd. Kellen Strahm out at 1st — worth 46% in win probability.

Line score

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Sacco Jr. 2B	1	0	0	0	1	1
Zach Cole CF	1	0	0	0	2	1
Brice Matthews CF	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joseph Sullivan CF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Kellen Strahm RF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cam Smith RF	2	0	0	0	1	0
Anthony Huezo LF	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joey Loperfido LF	1	0	0	0	2	1
Zach Dezenzo 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2
Garret Guillemette 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shay Whitcomb 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1
James Nelson 3B	0	0	0	0	1	0
Will Bush DH	3	0	0	0	1	2
Nick Allen SS	3	0	1	1	0	0
Riley Unroe SS	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos Perez C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Justin Thomas Jr. PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Winkler PR	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Salazar C	3	0	2	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
CJ Abrams SS	2	0	1	1	1	0
Eli Willits SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cristhian Vaquero CF	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dylan Crews CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Coy James DH	2	0	0	0	0	2
Keibert Ruiz DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Adams C	1	0	0	0	1	0
Drew Millas C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jorgelys Mota 3B	1	1	1	1	0	0
Jose Tena 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Pinckney RF	2	1	1	0	0	1
Ethan Petry RF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	1	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Brown 1B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Angel Feliz 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Orelvis Martinez 2B	1	0	1	0	1	0
Christian Franklin LF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Leandro Pineda LF	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
AJ Blubaugh	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Sam Carlson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Peter Lambert	1.0	2	0	0	0	1
Miguel Ullola	1.0	1	1	1	3	1
Colton Gordon	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Alimber Santa	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Logan VanWey	1.0	1	1	1	0	1
Tom Cosgrove	1.0	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching