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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Cade Cavalli struck out 11 over six innings for his second double-digit strikeout game in a row and retired the final 11 batters he faced as Washington beat Texas 6-0 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Cavalli (11-5) limited the Rangers to three singles and walked one while throwing 58 of 84 pitches for strikes. He was pitching six days after 10 Ks while throwing one-hit ball<\/a> over eight scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs. The right-hander is 7-1 his last 10 starts.<\/p>\n Jos\u00e9 Tena put the Nationals (61-67) ahead to stay with a solo homer in the third, and Andr\u00e9s Chaparro’s third hit in the game was a towering 415-foot drive for a three-run homer in the seventh that made it 6-0. Washington has an MLB-high 182 homers.<\/p>\n The Nationals had lost four in a row and six of seven, a stretch in which the only other win was Cavalli\u2019s against the Cubs<\/a> last Thursday when he didn\u2019t allow a hit until the seventh.<\/p>\n Will Dion, Max Kranick and Jake Bird each pitched an inning to wrap up Washington’s fifth shutout victory. Texas (62-65) dropped out of the American League’s third wild card spot.<\/p>\n The first eight outs for the Rangers came on strikeouts before Brandon Nimmo’s groundout ended the third. Cavalli got his 10th K in the fourth.<\/p>\n Kumar Rocker (4-10) struck out three while allowing two runs and six hits over his five innings. The right-hander is 0-2 with a 6.87 ERA in his four games since ending July by winning consecutive starts.<\/p>\n Up next<\/p>\n Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (8-8, 3.95 ERA), with an extra day of rest after leaving his previous start a week ago because of triceps fatigue, goes into Thursday’s series finale with 1,998 career strikeouts<\/a>. Lefty Andrew Alvarez (2-4, 3.72) is set to start for Washington.<\/p>\n