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Washington Nationals @ Houston Astros

2026-03-02 · Spring Training · Day game · Att: 2302 · 78°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, R To L · 2:50

Washington Nationals and Houston Astros played to a 3–3 tie. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Andrés Chaparro grounds out softly, third baseman Carlos Correa to first baseman Christian Walker. Daylen Lile scores. Keibert Ruiz to 3rd. José Tena to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: James Nelson singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Christian Franklin. Jax Biggers scores. James Nelson to 2nd — worth 31% in win probability.

Line score

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

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nasim Nuñez 2B	2	1	0	0	1	1
Seaver King 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Lipscomb SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
CJ Abrams SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
James Wood RF	3	0	1	0	0	1
Phillip Glasser RF	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brady House 3B	3	0	2	1	0	1
Sergio Alcantara 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daylen Lile LF	2	1	0	0	1	1
Christian Franklin LF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Keibert Ruiz C	3	1	2	1	0	0
Caleb Lomavita C	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cayden Wallace DH	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Tena DH	1	0	0	0	1	0
Andres Chaparro 1B	2	0	0	1	0	0
Yohandy Morales 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Joey Wiemer CF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew Pinckney CF	2	0	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jax Biggers 2B	1	1	0	0	1	0
Jose Altuve 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Wakefield DH	2	1	1	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Correa 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
James Nelson 3B	2	0	1	1	0	0
Carlos Perez 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Walker 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kellen Strahm RF	1	0	0	0	2	1
Cam Smith RF	1	1	1	0	1	0
Jake Meyers CF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Brice Matthews CF	3	0	0	1	0	1
Ethan Frey LF	2	0	1	0	1	1
Lucas Spence LF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Riley Unroe SS	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pascanel Ferreras SS	2	0	0	0	0	0
Collin Price C	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cesar Salazar C	0	0	0	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Andre Granillo	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Merrick Baldo	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Smith	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Julian Fernandez	1.0	1	1	1	1	0
Griff McGarry	0.2	1	1	1	2	0
Sandy Gaston	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
Josiah Gray	1.2	2	1	1	0	3
Andrew Alvarez	3.0	1	0	0	3	3

Houston Astros — pitching