Major League Baseball
Washington 7, Texas 2
When: 12:05 PM ET, Sunday, July 9, 2023
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Adam Beck, 1B - Dan Iassogna, 2B - Tom Hanahan, 3B - Gabe Morales
Attendance: 17547

Joey Meneses, Stone Garrett and Dominic Smith each homered and Patrick Corbin pitched seven solid innings as the Washington Nationals cruised to a 7-2 win over the visiting Texas Rangers to take the three-game series on Sunday.

Meneses went 1-for-3 with his fourth homer in the past three games after entering the series having hit two all season. Smith went 1-for-3 with two runs and Garrett hit one out of the park in his lone at-bat as pinch hitter.

Alex Call had a two-run single and a run, while Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-4 with a run for the Nationals, who won consecutive home games for the first time since knocking off Detroit on May 20-21.

Corbin (6-10) allowed a run on five hits with six strikeouts and a walk over a season-high-tying seven innings to pick up the win.

The Nationals broke through first in the fifth.

Smith led off with a homer to center, then Luis Garcia singled to right before being forced out at second on Call's fielder's choice. CJ Abrams moved Call to second with a single to left, then Call scored on Lane Thomas' single to center for a 2-0 lead.

The Rangers, who have dropped six of their past eight games, pulled to within 2-1 in the sixth. Adolis Garcia's single scored Marcus Semien, who led off with a double to left and advanced to third on Corey Seager's flyout to left.

The Nationals extended their advantage with three runs in the bottom of the sixth.

After Ruiz hit a one-out double down the left-field line, Corey Dickerson flew out before Smith was hit by a pitch by Dane Dunning, who was relieved by Josh Sborz.

Sborz gave up an infield single to Luis Garcia that loaded the bases before Call delivered a two-run single to center that scored Ruiz and Smith. Abrams' grounder up the middle plated Garcia to make it 5-1.

Dunning (8-2) allowed four runs on seven hits with four strikeouts and two walks in 5 2/3 innings.

Meneses hit a solo homer to center in the seventh off Sborz, who gave up another solo shot to Garrett one batter later to make it 7-1.

Josh Jung went 2-for-3, with Adolis Garcia going 1-for-4 with two RBIs for the Rangers.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Washington
Dane Dunning Player Patrick Corbin
Loss W/L Win
5.2 IP 7.0
4 Strikeouts 6
7 Hits 5
6.35 ERA 1.29
Hitting
Texas   Washington
Josh Jung Player CJ Abrams
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.667 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 8 0 9 .235 18 6 2 3 0 1
Washington 13 3 23 .371 15 7 7 2 2 0