Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs

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Washington Nationals

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
10 - 4

Chicago Cubs

0-1, 0-1 Home

Nationals beat Cubs 10-4 on opening day for manager Blake Butera’s first win with the team

Washington Nationals vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

CJ Abrams hit a tiebreaking two-run single during Washington's six-run fourth inning on a blustery, overcast afternoon at Wrigley Field. Andrés Chaparro had two hits and scored a run.

Butera is part of a new leadership group for the rebuilding Nationals after they went 66-96 last year in their sixth straight losing season. Paul Toboni took over as the team's president of baseball operations on Oct. 1, and he hired the 33-year-old Butera out of Tampa Bay's front office.

Michael Busch had three hits for Chicago, which begins the season with World Series aspirations after losing to Milwaukee in the playoffs last year. Pete Crow-Armstrong had two hits and two RBI just days after agreeing to a $115 million, six-year contract with the Cubs.

Bregman and Crow-Armstrong each got a loud ovation from the crowd of 39,712 when they were announced with the starting lineup. Bregman went 1 for 4 with a single and a walk in his first regular-season game since signing a $175 million, five-year contract with the Cubs in free agency.

Wiemer hit a solo drive to left off Matthew Boyd in the second. Young capped Washington's fourth-inning outburst with a two-run shot to right off Ben Brown, and House tacked on another two-run drive in the ninth against Jacob Webb.

Boyd (0-1) was charged with six runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings in his third career opening-day start. The left-hander struck out seven and walked one.

Washington's Cade Cavalli allowed three runs, two earned, and three hits in 3 2/3 innings in his first start on opening day. Brad Lord (1-0) pitched 2 1/3 innings of one-run ball for the win.

Up next Following a day off, Miles Mikolas makes his first start for Washington on Saturday. Mikolas signed a $2.25 million, one-year deal with the Nationals in February. Cade Horton pitches for Chicago.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Happ flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Bregman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pérez relieved Beeter
	9th Inning	Lile struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	House homered to right (367 feet), García Jr. scored.

Statistics

WSH		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	15
12	Strikeouts	9
9	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	26
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
138	Pitches	182
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	10
40	Plate Appearances	40
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
7.4	Runs Created	3.8
.297	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.568	Slugging Percentage	.294
.351	Secondary Average	.235
.350	On Base Percentage	.350
.918	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.644
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.5
7.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
61.0	Batter Rating	28.0
12.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.45	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.55
.270	Isolated Power	.059
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
19.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
101.5	MLB Rating	77.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0