Jose Altuve cranks a solo home run to left field in the top of the 8th inning to extend the Astros' lead to 8-0

Chas McCormick hits a two-run home run to deep center field to pad the Astros' lead to 5-0

Yuli Gurriel skies a ball deep into the left-field bleachers for a solo home run in the top of the 6th inning to extend the Astros' lead to 3-0

Justin Verlander strikes out five batters across five scoreless innings in his start against the Nationals

Martín Maldonado scorches a two-run home run over the left-field fence in the top of the 5th to stretch the Astros' lead to 2-0

Aledmys Díaz makes a sliding stop behind second base and gets up in time to throw out Josh Bell at first to end the 3rd inning

Justin Verlander discusses his win over the Nationals, his increased velocity and more

Chas McCormick is called safe at second base after an unsuccessful challenge by the Nationals in the 5th inning

Alex Bregman extends the Astros' lead to 6-0 with a bases-loaded RBI walk in the top of the 7th inning

Jose Altuve scores after Yordan Alvarez hits into a double play with the bases loaded in the 7th inning to pad the Astros' lead to 7-0

Bryan Abreu gets Lane Thomas to strike out swinging in the 9th inning to seal the Astros' 8-0 win

Jose Siri hammers a solo home run to center field, cutting the Astros' deficit to 7-3 in the top of the 5th inning