DENVER (Interstat) — Cade Cavalli pitched six scoreless innings, striking out eight, as the Washington Nationals blanked the Colorado Rockies 8-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field. The Nationals scored single runs in the fifth and eighth innings and erupted for six in the seventh. CJ Abrams led Washington’s 14-hit attack with four hits. Nasim Nuñez drove in two runs, and Luis García Jr. hit a two-run homer, his 21st. Gabriel Hughes took the loss, allowing one earned run in five innings. Eddy Yean and Max Kranick each worked a scoreless inning in relief. Washington improved to 52-51; Colorado fell to 41-63. Attendance was 23,196. The game lasted 2 hours, 57 minutes.