Houston 9, Washington 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Where: Daikin Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Ryan Additon, 1B -
Ryan Wills, 2B -
Lance Barksdale, 3B -
Will Little
Attendance:
31357
By Field Level Media
Jose Altuve, Cooper Hummel and Yainer Diaz homered and the Houston Astros defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 9-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
The Astros took the series 2-1 after losing five of their previous six games. Altuve was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs as he extended his franchise record for career four-hit games to 41.
The Nationals, who had won three of four coming into Wednesday, lost their second straight.
Houston starter Ryan Gusto (7-4) allowed one run and four hits in six innings, walking one and striking out five on a career-high 102 pitches to earn the victory. The right-hander retired 13 of 14 from the last three batters of the second inning through the first batter in the sixth.
Altuve gave Houston a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the second with a two-out, three-run homer. He drove MacKenzie Gore's first-pitch hanging changeup into the left field stands for his 18th home run.
The Astros scored five in the sixth on homers from Hummel and Diaz to make it 9-1.
Hummel's two-run homer ended the day for Nationals starter Gore (4-11). Hummel's third home run of the season, down the left field line, came on a 3-2, four-seam fastball.
Gore gave up six runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Diaz hit a two-out, three-run homer off reliever Cole Henry for his 15th home run.
The Nationals tied it 1-1 on Daylen Lile's sacrifice fly in the second inning.
The Astros took a 1-0 lead in the first on a sacrifice fly by Cam Smith.
Washington made a trade just before the game, sending relief pitchers Andrew Chafin and Louis Garcia to the Los Angeles Angels for left-handed pitcher Jake Eder and first baseman Sam Brown.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Washington
|
5 |
0 |
5 |
.167 |
15 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
| Houston
|
10 |
3 |
19 |
.312 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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