Rangers vs. Nationals Game Highlights (6/6/25) | MLB Highlights

Patrick Corbin back here in D.C. Six years. International's uniform won the World Series of course in 2019. Great to see him. Hope we beat him and then we get to see him again. Give him a hug afterwards. We can love up on him. He's allowed three runs or fewer in all 10 of his starts in a Rangers uniform. Michael Soroka 27 years of age out of Calgary Canada has won two of his last three starts. Michael Soroka 6 5 making his seventh start of the year. One thing that we have been loving is that fastball has been so powerful to up and to down for the Rangers. Now the longtime former Dodger Corey Seager coming up breaking ball pull to the ground to the right side. Lowe has it. He'll make the underhanded flip to Soroka covering and it's in time for the out in a one two three inning. And there he is Patrick Corbin back at Nationals Park will make his 11th start in a Rangers uni. So two down here in the last half of the first and that brings up James Wood is to two and a swing and a miss. He strikes out would a one to three first inning and his return to Washington. Corbin looking sharp early on Nathaniel Lowe stepping in the box for the first time against his former team part of the Rangers World Series winning team in twenty twenty three Corbin after a perfect first inning and he gets Lowe to shoot one out to left field. That's in for a hit first to the game and first base runner of the game for either team. Got to believe that Nathaniel feeling pretty good about getting a hit against his former team. All has been slumping five for his last forty three. Calder right. That'll fall in front of Garcia who throws in on a line trying to get Nathaniel Lowe at second. He's in there and there's two on with nobody out. So here is Adams trying to bust out of an O for sixteen inning one twenty five five for forty swing and a long drive to left field. This is way back Langford to the warning track to the wall at the wall. He makes the catch for the Lowe ball tax from second he'll go to third Riley Adams sending Wyatt Langford to the wall. I mean off the bat it looks like it might go but it just died at the fence. Here is Robert Hassel the third ground ball right side going to be tough to turn to. They will get the batter runner Hassel Lowe in the score called the second and the Nationals have a one nothing lead. Nice job by Robert Hassel just to get the ball play. Here we go. First run of the game the base run all the way around the Nationals on the board first. It's Washington one in Texas nothing pretty standard here as we go to the fourth inning a low scoring game involving the Texas Rangers one nothing right back in their foreseen variety this time that's filthy for Michael Soroka and he has his fourth K. We like to call that the angry heater. That great backspin that he gets on it. I mean it just has full carry popped up left side Abrams out Wood moving in and James will drift a bit make the catch moving off to his left. Swing and a miss a half swing on a ball in the dirt down he goes and Soroka with his third one two three out of four he has five strikeouts through four hitless innings Soroka off to a whale at a start. Rangers still looking for their first hit. He has a complete command of that slur throwing it where he wants when he wants. Three straight make it four straight slurs for Soroka and he strikes out Jake Berger for strikeout number six on the night Soroka right into the windup. Here's the pitch swing and a miss. He struck him out with a breaking ball running down and in Michael Soroka just mowing down Texas Rangers here. This breaking ball has been nasty tonight. That's where he's getting his strikeouts and swing and miss two out. Nobody on the Dulles Garcia the batter pitch of the way swung on line to right. That's going to be a base hit toward the line Hassel over to get it on the backhand will fire it in towards second. That is the first base hit of the night for the Texas Rangers. So four and two thirds hitless innings for Soroka swings and grounds one to first right and Lowe who was holding the runner he fields it and steps to his left on the first base bag. And just like that the inning is over runners at first and second with two outs Marcus Simeon coming up Simeon's over to Soroka holds here he comes swinging a fly ball right field Hassel is there moving in on it. He will make the catch and the inning is over. Soroka survives his first spot in the trouble six scoreless innings in the books for the Nationals right hander go to the bottom of the sixth inning one nothing the Nationals leading a second inning run. The difference meanwhile Corbin is dealing again nine in a row retired by Corbin and again on out away from finishing six innings for only the third time this year. Ground ball ground ball to second base and his old buddy Marcus Simeon throws him out. And how about a nine pitch sixth inning for Corbin. Let's not lose sight of the night he's having. He is pitching a beauty here tonight. Patrick Corbin coming back to Nationals Park has spun a gem but he is on the short end of a one nothing score. Nats lead the Rangers left hander Wines kicks throws and a swing and a long drive left center field for Cole racing back Langford to the track to the wall and there it goes. Alex calls first homer of the season drops down to the Rangers bullpen and the Nats have a key insurance run and lead it to nothing. Alex Cole's been waiting for that first home run and he gets it in his first big league game as a designated hitter. First pitch slider puts it on the bullpen mound in left center for a big hit for the Nats. Cole got all barrel to it. Four hundred seventy. Here we go to the bottom of the eighth inning. It's a two nothing ball game. Patrick Corbin back out here for the Rangers. Corbin is at seventy six pitches currently seventy six Corbin with an opportunity to go the distance. He's got a lot of early action and he strikes out Nunez his second strike out of the night. He goes back to the heater for a second K of the game top of the zone doing everything possible to give the Rangers a chance to win a game. He's got a lot of early action and he strikes out Nunez his second strike out of the night one to. Bouncer down to first Berger feeds Corbin. And he never forgets to cover to away gone here in the last half of the eighth and that brings up Ahmed Rosario. And he swings and he lifts this one into the air coming on his Carter he'll get there and he makes the catch. So Patrick Corbin a one two three bottom half of the eighth all of this for not unless the Rangers can at least score a couple of runs in the ninth. It is the ninth inning here at Nationals Park. Kyle Finnegan is on to try and preserve a two nothing Nationals lead for Michael Sorokin pitch six innings of two hit shutout ball scoreless innings the one two got it splitter down and in and Kyle Finnegan has one out in the ninth. Well just everything set up by that fastball perfect fastballs away top of the zone and then the split. Off the end of the bat the scene Nunez will spin and throw out Corey Seager and Kyle Finnegan one out away from Sagan number 18. Simeon on the ground shortstop Abrams has it sets fires high and Marcus Simeon is on. So the Rangers have life in the ninth inning too much hot dog here. C.J. Abrams does not take this play seriously after making a nice play with the glove makes the nice play see him look into the crowd a little too much flair. He forgot there's still a throw to make. So now that the tying run is at the plate and a guy with great power and Jake Berger. Popped up right side playable for Nathaniel Lowe. Nationals win game one of this series with the Rangers Michael Sorokin gets his third win in his last four starts. Kyle Finnegan gets saved number 18 and then has shut out the Rangers the ninth time this season. The Texas has been shut out our 50 game time Dan tied for the fastest game in Nationals team history.