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<heading>AAD;RECAP-TEX-WAS</heading>
<game_id>39978</game_id>
<schedule_id>39978</schedule_id>
<category>Recaps</category>
<sport>MLB</sport>
<title>MLB Game Summary - Texas at Washington</title>
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<vteam>Texas</vteam><vscore>2</vscore>
<hteam>Washington</hteam><hscore>10</hscore>
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 Washington,  DC (SportsNetwork.com) - Doug Fister tossed six solid innings and
 the  Washington Nationals hit  four home runs in a 10-2 victory over the Texas
 Rangers on Saturday.
 
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<P>
 Anthony  Rendon, Scott Hairston, Adam LaRoche and Jose Lobaton homered for the
 Nationals,  who have won the first two contests of this three-game series by a
 combined score of 19-4. Rendon went 4-for-5 with three runs scored.
 
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<P>
 Fister  (3-1) allowed two  runs on four hits while striking out six to win his
 third straight start.
 
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<P>
 Mitch Moreland and Rougned Odor each knocked in a run for the Rangers, who saw
 starter  Nick Tepesch (2-1)  give up five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits
 over two innings.
 
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<P>
 Rendon got Washington's offense going with a solo homer to left in the first
 inning.
 
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<P>
 The  Nationals tacked  on four more runs in the second. Danny Espinosa doubled
 to  left-center  field and crossed  the plate on  Lobaton's home run to right-
 center  field.  With two outs,  Denard Span  singled to right-center field and
 Rendon  reached base  on  an infield  single. Both  runners  scored on  Jayson
 Werth's double to left that resulted in a Shin-Soo Choo fielding error.
 
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<P>
 LaRoche's three-run homer in the fourth made it an 8-0 game.
 
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<P>
 Texas finally got on the board in the fifth. Alex Rios walked, moved to second
 on Leonys Martin's groundout and raced home on Odor's bloop double to right.
 
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<P>
 The  Rangers got another  run back in the sixth when Choo scored on Moreland's
 single to right-center field. Choo reached base on a double.
 
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<P>
 But  the Nationals  hit another homer in  the bottom half of the sixth. Rendon
 singled and scored on pinch-hitter Hairston's homer inside the left-field foul
 pole. It was Hairston's first homer of the season.
 
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<gamenotes>
 Texas'  Scott Baker allowed five runs on five hits over five innings of relief
 ...  Washington  had 12 hits  ... The  Rangers are now  6-4 on an 11-game road
 trip ... Tepesch had won two straight decisions.
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<time_stamp> May 31, 2014, at 03:13 PM ET </time_stamp>
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