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 - on Friday night Soroka - 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 th save The speedy battle was over in hour minutes Adolis Garc a singled with two outs in the fifth for Texas first hit Josh Smith added a one-out single in the sixth for the Rangers in their fourth consecutive loss Washington took a - lead in the second when Nathaniel Lowe and Alex Call opened with back-to-back singles Lowe went to third on a flyout and scored on a groundout by Robert Hassell III Call led off the seventh with his first homer of the season Corbin - allowed five hits in eight innings in his longest start of the season He struck out two and walked none against his former gang The -year-old Corbin who signed with the Rangers in March went - with a ERA over the past six seasons with the Nationals In he was - with a ERA and threw three scoreless innings in relief to pick up the win in Battle of the World Series against the Astros Key moment The Rangers put two runners on in the sixth but Soroka escaped the jam when Marcus Semien flied out Key stat Texas has lost nine of its past road games overall It has dropped six straight road series openers Up next Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom - ERA who has allowed two runs or fewer in nine consecutive starts opposes left-hander Mitchell Parker - ERA in the middle contest of the series on Saturday AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source