ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Jacob deGrom allowed one hit over six scoreless innings and Corey Seager homered as the Texas Rangers blanked the Washington Nationals 2-0 on Thursday at Globe Life Park.

deGrom (9-8) struck out 10 for Texas, which has won two straight after dropping the series opener. Andrew Alvarez (2-5) took the loss for Washington, giving up four hits and one earned run in five innings while striking out five.

Seager put Texas ahead in the third with his 13th homer to left-center. The Rangers added an insurance run in the eighth when Ezequiel Duran scored on Nicky Lopez’s sacrifice fly to center. Duran finished 2 for 2.

Texas collected six hits; Washington managed one. Jacob Latz worked a scoreless ninth for his 24th save, with Chase Silseth and Jakob Junis also tossing scoreless relief. Orlando Ribalta, Clayton Beeter and Tom Cosgrove pitched in relief for Washington.

The game drew an announced crowd of 21,179 and lasted 2 hours, 20 minutes. Texas improved to 63-65, while Washington fell to 61-68.