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Contreras, Avila homers lead Cubs over Nationals 7-4

Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs, Alex Avila homered for his first hit with the Cubs and Chicago beat the Washington Nationals 7-4 on Saturday to even the series between division leaders.

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Chicago Cubs

  • Riley Martin Out
  • Ben Brown Out
  • Justin Steele Out
  • Phil Maton Out
  • Shelby Miller Out

Washington Nationals

  • Drew Millas Out

Lineups

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CHC

  1. Jon JayCF9
  2. Kris Bryant3B23
  3. Anthony Rizzo1B48
  4. Willson ContrerasLF40
  5. Ben Zobrist2B18
  6. Alex AvilaC6
  7. Jason HeywardRF22
  8. Javier BaezSS28
  9. John LackeyP41

Substitutes

  1. Justin WilsonP32
  2. Wade DavisP71
  3. Kyle SchwarberPH12
  4. Brian DuensingP32
  5. Pedro StropP64
  6. Ian HappCF8

WSH

  1. Brian GoodwinCF18
  2. Wilmer DifoSS30
  3. Bryce HarperRF3
  4. Ryan Zimmerman1B11
  5. Daniel Murphy2B9
  6. Anthony Rendon3B6
  7. Adam A LindLF
  8. Matt WietersC32
  9. Edwin JacksonP36

Substitutes

  1. Andrew StevensonPH45
  2. Matt AlbersP43
  3. Sammy SolísP50
  4. Howie KendrickPH47
  5. Matt GraceP33
  6. Jose LobatonC7

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