Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish dominated the Nationals on Sunday, matching a season high with 12 strikeouts in a shutout to improve to 5-2 on the year.

Darvish scattered five hits in eight shutout frames. He walked two and improved his ERA to 2.08 on the year following Sunday's gem. Of his 102 pitches, 70 were strikes.

Over his four starts covering 31 2/3 innings, Darvish has allowed only four earned runs while recording 41 over that span. He will make his next start Saturday at home against Cleveland.