The Rangers beat the Nationals 5-0 behind Cal Quantrill’s 7 innings, Foscue's homer

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cal Quantrill gave up four hits in seven innings, Justin Foscue hit a home run, and the Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 5-0 on Tuesday night.

Quantrill (5-4) struck out five and did not issue a walk.

Foscue hit a 400-foot home run over the left field wall in the second inning to give Texas a 2-0 lead.

Wyatt Langford scored the first run of the game on Jake Burger's double-play groundout in the first.

The Rangers added three more runs in the third.

Langford scored on Brandon Nimmo's fielder's choice to make it 3-0. The Nationals challenged the call, but the decision was upheld after a review. Corey Seager scored after Foscue was walked with the bases loaded and Corey Freeman hit an RBI single to make it 5-0.

The Nationals came close to scoring in the eighth inning after Nasim Nuñez singled and pinch-hitter Andrés Chaparro hit a ground-rule double to put runners in scoring position with two outs. Jakob Junis came in to pitch and struck out José Tena on three pitches to end the inning and leave the runners stranded.

Nationals starter Jackson Kent (0-1) pitched 3 2/3 innings, giving up eight hits and five earned runs. He struck out and walked three.

Trevor Williams pitched the next 3 1/3 innings, striking out five. Washington has now lost five straight games.

RHP Cade Cavalli (10-5, 3.36 ERA) will start on the mound for the Nationals on Wednesday. RHP Jacob DeGrom (8-8, 3.95) will start for the Rangers in his first appearance since being listed as day-to-day on Aug. 14 with right triceps fatigue.

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Texas Rangers' Cody Freeman hits a run scoring single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford, left, scores on a fielders choice against Washington Nationals catcher Harry Ford during the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Cal Quantrill throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Texas Rangers' Justin Foscue launches a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect.

The announcement, which Trump made on his social media platform, buys time for more negotiations and avoids, for now, another strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.

“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump posted on Truth Social.

If they had gone into effect as scheduled at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Trump’s import taxes would have hit Canadian products ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.

But the political impact would likely have been bigger than the economic one. Canada had threatened to retaliate against any new tariffs with levies of its own, aggravating a trade fight between countries that sold each other $880 billion worth of goods and services last year.

A White House proclamation said Canada had expressed a commitment to remove measures the Trump administration considers discriminatory against U.S. alcohol, dairy and motor vehicle exports. Canada did not immediately confirm those commitments.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement “substantial progress” had been made but that important work remained, confirming Canada had agreed to the three-day delay while negotiations continued.

Carney and Trump had spoken twice by phone in the past two days about the ongoing negotiations, including a call Tuesday afternoon, Carney’s office said, underscoring the last-minute push for a deal.

Both countries had reason to step back from the brink. Nearly 72% of Canada’s goods exports last year went to the United States. And the Trump administration would be taking a risk by imposing a hefty new tariff — paid by U.S. importers who try to pass along the cost to consumers via higher prices — ahead of November’s midterm elections. U.S. voters are already frustrated with the high cost of living.

“I don’t think either side really wants these tariffs to come into effect,’’ Ryan Majerus, a partner at King & Spalding and a former U.S. trade official, said before the delay was announced. “There’s a pretty strong push on both sides to find an off-ramp here.’’

Canadian Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Candace Laing said in a statement that the three-day tariff delay offered businesses some relief but fell short of the certainty a signed interim agreement would provide.

“This limbo state is not anyone’s preferred outcome,” she said, urging negotiators to reach a deal quickly.

Trump’s approach to dealing with Canada marks an extraordinary departure from the traditionally cooperative relationship between the two countries. Trump has hit Canadian goods with tariffs — in a push to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. — and has repeatedly made inflammatory comments about turning Canada into America’s 51st state.

Trump has made tariffs the centerpiece of his second-term economic agenda. Last year, he imposed double-digit import taxes on almost every country, justifying them by declaring the longstanding U.S. trade deficit a national emergency. The Supreme Court in February ruled that he’d overstepped his authority, striking down those tariffs and setting the stage for the federal government to pay refunds to importers.

So Trump has looked for other legal authority to impose tariffs.

To hit Canada, he reached back to the Great Depression, invoking Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to threaten 50% tariffs on products that account for about 5% of Canadian exports to the United States.

Nearly a century ago, with the U.S. and world economies in collapse, Congress passed the 1930 tariff law, imposing taxes on imports from around the world. Known as the Smoot-Hawley tariffs, named for their congressional sponsors, they are notorious among economists and historians for limiting world commerce and making the Great Depression worse.

Section 338 tariffs have never been used before.

Section 338 authorizes the president to impose tariffs of up to 50% on imports from countries that have discriminated against U.S. businesses. No investigation is required to justify the levies. Nor is there any limit on how long the tariffs can stay in place.

The U.S. is renegotiating a North American trade pact — the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement — that Trump strong-armed America’s neighbors into accepting in his first term. The threat of Section 338 tariffs gives the United States leverage to seek fresh concessions from Ottawa.

Gillies reported from Toronto.

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc makes brief comments to reporters outside the U.S. Department of Commerce following a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, center, leaves the U.S. Department of Commerce following a meeting with Canadian officials, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP)