Soroka and Call Help the Nationals Beat the Rangers 2-0
- The Washington Nationals defeated the Texas Rangers 2-0 on June 7, 2025, at Nationals Park behind Michael Soroka's strong pitching.
- Soroka's scoreless six-inning outing with seven strikeouts and only four baserunners, coupled with solid defense, led to the shutout victory.
- The Nationals scored both runs early, with Robert Hassell III driving in the first in the second inning and Alex Call hitting his first homer of the season in the seventh.
- Soroka walked one, hit a batter, did not allow a run, and the game lasted a Nationals Park record short time of 1 hour, 50 minutes.
- The win marked the Nationals' sixth shutout of the season, matching their total for all 2024, and Corbin will receive a video tribute Saturday for his six seasons with Washington.
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Soroka and Call help the Nationals beat the Rangers 2-0
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Soroka struck out seven in six sparkling innings, and the Washington Nationals beat Patrick Corbin and the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Friday night.


Michael Soroka leads combined two-hitter as Nats beat Rangers
Michael Soroka threw six scoreless innings and Alex Call homered to propel the Washington Nationals to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday.
tWinning with two 2-0 wins!
In a span of two series, the Nationals won two 2-0 games at Nationals Park. A first for this team. Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats You could say that ex-Washington Nationals pitcher, Patrick Corbin, was really good — but Michael Soroka was even better in this 2-0 win by Washington. Soroka had the Texas hitters off-balance most of the night. The weak contact and flailing swings were a constant in Soroka’s first 5.0 innings of work. The sixth in…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Soroka struck out seven in six sparkling innings, and the Washington Nationals beat Patrick Corbin and the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Friday night. Soroka (3-3) allowed two hits and walked one. Brad Lord and Jose A. Ferrer each got three outs before Kyle Finnegan finished the two-hitter for his 18th save. The speedy game was over in 1 hour, 50 minutes. Adolis García singled with two outs in the fifth for Texas’ first hit. Jos…
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