ARLINGTON (Interstat) — Cal Quantrill pitched seven shutout innings, Justin Foscue homered and drove in two runs, and the Texas Rangers defeated the Washington Nationals 5-0 on Tuesday night at Globe Life Park.

Quantrill (5-4) allowed four hits and struck out five without a walk for Texas, which improved to 62-64. Washington fell to 60-67, its fourth consecutive loss.

The Nationals put a runner on third base in the top of the first. CJ Abrams led off with a ground-rule double to right-center field, moved to third on Brady House’s groundout, but was stranded when Daylen Lile grounded out to third. It was the first of several missed opportunities for Washington, which finished with seven hits.

Texas opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Wyatt Langford singled to center, Corey Seager singled to right and Langford advanced to third. Jake Burger then grounded into a double play, shortstop Nasim Nuñez to second baseman Jorbit Vivas to first baseman Abimelec Ortiz, but Langford crossed the plate before Seager was retired at second. Brandon Nimmo popped out to third in foul territory to end the inning.

Foscue, the designated hitter, led off the bottom of the second with a home run to left field, his eighth of the season, and the Rangers led 2-0. Danny Jansen lined out to third, Cody Freeman walked and Evan Carter lined out to left to end the inning.

Texas broke the game open in the third. Langford and Seager strung together consecutive hits to start the inning, and after Burger struck out, Nimmo reached on a fielder’s choice fielded by second baseman Jorbit Vivas, scoring Langford. Seager advanced to third on the play, which Washington challenged on a tag play, but the call on the field was upheld. Ezequiel Duran walked to load the bases, and Foscue walked to force in Seager. Danny Jansen popped out to first on the infield fly rule, but Cody Freeman singled to third baseman Brady House, scoring Nimmo and leaving the bases loaded. Evan Carter struck out to end the inning with the Rangers ahead 5-0.

Quantrill retired the Nationals in order in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings after the first-inning double. Washington’s only early threat against him came in the fourth, when Lile singled with one out, but Dylan Crews grounded into a force out and Jorbit Vivas flied out.

The Nationals continued to struggle against the Texas bullpen after Quantrill departed. Tyler Alexander pitched a scoreless seventh, Jakob Junis got one out in the eighth, and Robby Ahlstrom recorded the final two outs of the eighth, striking out two. Washington put two runners on base in the eighth for the second time in the game. Nasim Nuñez singled to left with one out, Jacob Young struck out, and after CJ Abrams struck out, Andrés Chaparro, pinch-hitting for Brady House, hit a ground-rule double to left that put Nuñez at third. José Tena struck out swinging to end the inning.

The Nationals also threatened in the ninth against Texas reliever Robby Ahlstrom, who was replaced after a pitching change? Actually from the plays, Ahlstrom pitched 0.2 innings with 2 hits. The ninth inning: Daylen Lile struck out, Dylan Crews walked after a challenge overturned a pitch result, Andrew Pinckney lined out to left fielder Jarred Kelenic, and Harry Ford singled to center. With runners at first and second, Nasim Nuñez flied out to right fielder Brandon Nimmo to end the game.

Washington’s Jackson Kent (0-1) took the loss. Trevor Williams, who relieved Kent, pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out five. Yovanny Cruz added a scoreless inning for Washington.

Brandon Nimmo went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Texas, and Corey Seager went 2-for-4. Foscue finished 1-for-1 with a home run, two RBIs, a walk and a run scored. The Rangers collected 11 hits in the game and grounded into three double plays but still managed to score all of their runs in the first three innings.

Washington pitchers combined for 12 strikes, 40 balls and 12 balls in play, while Texas pitchers combined for 14 strikes, 52 balls and 14 balls in play.

The game lasted 2 hours, 34 minutes and drew an announced attendance of 22,126.

The teams play again Wednesday night at Globe Life Park. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Washington Nationals 4, Texas Rangers 3, but Interstat’s ELO system gave Texas a 54.90 percent probability to win. Texas was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5, and the combined score of five runs went over the over/under line of eight.