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Cade Cavalli has second double-digit strikeout game in row as Nationals beat Rangers

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Cade Cavalli struck out 11 over six innings for his second double-digit strikeout game in a row and retired the final 11 batters he faced as Washington beat Texas 6-0 on Wednesday night. Cavalli (11-5) limited the Rangers to three singles and walked one while throwing 58 of 84 pitches for strikes. He was pitching six days after 10 Ks while throwing a one-hit ball over eight scoreless innings against the Chicago Cubs. The right-hander is 7-1 in his last 10 starts. José Tena put the Nationals (61-67) ahead to stay with a solo homer in the third, and Andrés Chaparro’s third hit in the game was a towering 415-foot drive for a three-run homer in the seventh that made it 6-0. Washington has an MLB-high 182 homers. The Nationals had lost four in a row and six of seven, a stretch in which the only other win was Cavalli’s against the Cubs last Thursday when he didn’t allow a hit until the seventh. Will Dion, Max Kranick and Jake Bird each pitched an inning to wrap up Washington’s fifth shutout