Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs

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Washington Nationals

56-84, 27-42 Away

Final
5 - 11

Chicago Cubs

81-60, 44-26 Home

Swanson hits 3-run HR and Cubs go deep 4 times in an 11-5 win over Nationals

Washington Nationals vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Swanson capped a five-run first inning with his three-run shot. Reese McGuire, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ hit solo home runs and the Cubs never trailed in winning for the fifth time in seven games.

Luis Garcia Jr. hit a two-run home run and Daylen Lile added two RBI and a pair of triples for the Nationals, who had their three-game winning streak halted.

Chicago’s Javier Assad (2-1) won his second straight start, working the first 5 1/3 innings. He gave up the Nationals’ first four runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Jake Irvin (8-11) dropped his fourth straight start after allowing Chicago’s first seven runs in 3 1/3 innings. He allowed five hits and walked four with two strikeouts.

After Pete-Crow Armstrong’s sacrifice fly and Hoerner’s RBI double, Swanson went deep to give the Cubs a big early lead. McGuire added a solo homer off Irvin in the second and Hoerner added one of his own off Shinnosuke Ogasawara in the sixth. Happ closed the scoring with a solo homer off Konnor Pilkington in the eighth.

Assad didn’t allow a hit until the fourth, when Lile got on with a two-out triple before scoring on Garcia’s 12th homer of the season.

Chicago outfielder Kyle Tucker missed his second straight game with a calf injury. The club hopes to get him back in the lineup — possibly at DH — this weekend. He left Tuesday’s win over Atlanta with the injury.

Key moment

Swanson got a big roar from the school-/work-day crowd of 32,320 when he hit Irvin’s first-inning offering deep into the left-center bleachers.

Key stat

Crow-Armstrong had an efficient day at the plate with two singles, a run, a stolen base and two RBI.

Up next

Nationals RHP Brad Lord (4-8, 4.34 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Matthew Boyd (12-7, 2.94) on Saturday afternoon.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Adams struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chaparro struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	García Jr. flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Hodge relieved Rogers
	8th Inning	Swanson lined out to center.
	8th Inning	Castro walked.

Statistics

WSH		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	5
9	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	11
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	11
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	2
30	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	14
2	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	24
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	166
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	24
34	Plate Appearances	43
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
4	Extra Base Hits	6
3.3	Runs Created	11.0
.200	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.467	Slugging Percentage	.750
.333	Secondary Average	.750
.265	On Base Percentage	.442
.731	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.192
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.2
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	12.4
36.0	Batter Rating	72.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	8.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.267	Isolated Power	.438
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.60
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.186
.133	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.438
10.0	Runs Produced	22.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.9
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.8	MLB Rating	111.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0