Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs

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Washington Nationals

1-1, 1-1 Away

Final
2 - 10

Chicago Cubs

1-1, 1-1 Home

Cade Horton and Ian Happ power the Cubs to a 10-2 victory over the Nationals

Miguel Amaya homered and finished with two hits and two RBI, and Pete Crow-Armstrong added two hits. Nico Hoerner, Matt Shaw and Carson Kelly drove in runs as the Cubs avenged Thursday's 10-4 opening day loss.

Horton (1-0), the runner-up in the 2025 NL Rookie of the Year race, retired the first nine batters he faced before James Wood led off the fourth with a solo homer. The 24-year-old right-hander was charged with two runs in 6 1/3 innings, with four strikeouts and a walk.

Three Chicago relievers followed Horton and didn't allow a hit.

Washington shortstop CJ Abrams missed the game due to a death in the family. Replacement Nasim Nuñez singled in a run.

Miles Mikolas (0-1) allowed six runs, four earned, on seven hits in five innings in his first start for the Nationals after signing as a free agent.

Horton pitched only three innings in his previous regular-season start, on Sept. 23 against the New York Mets, before leaving with back tightness that was diagnosed as a cracked right rib. He missed the Cubs' playoff series against San Diego and Milwaukee, finishing last season at 11-4 with a 2.67 ERA.

The Cubs grabbed a 4-0 lead in the second. Shaw’s sacrifice fly opened the scoring, then Amaya's bloop single scored a second run. Two unearned runs scored on Michael Busch’s pop after Daylen Lile collided with Nuñez in short left field.

Wood’s drive cut it to 4-1 in the fourth, but Amaya replied with a solo drive in the bottom half.

The teams exchanged runs again in the fifth. Happ greeted Ken Waldichuk, Washington's second reliever, with a shot to left, making it 9-2.

Up next Washington RHP Jake Irvin faces Chicago LHP Shota Imanaga in Sunday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	House grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Lile out at second.
	9th Inning	Lile walked, Millas to second.
	9th Inning	García Jr. flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Millas walked.
	9th Inning	Webb relieved Thielbar
	8th Inning	Hoerner flied out to left.

Statistics

WSH		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
6	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	3
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	10
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
28	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
116	Pitches	158
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
7	Total Bases	17
32	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
0.7	Runs Created	7.7
.143	Batting Average	.294
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.500
.250	Secondary Average	.471
.250	On Base Percentage	.390
.500	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.890
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.3
15.0	Batter Rating	57.0
28.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.107	Isolated Power	.206
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.146
.107	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.176
4.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
67.5	MLB Rating	98.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0