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Chicago Cubs @ Washington Nationals

2026-08-13 · Day game · Nationals Park · Att: 21463 · 89°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 8 mph, In From LF · 2:20

Washington Nationals defeated Chicago Cubs 7–0. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 4th — Dylan Crews doubles (11) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Abimelec Ortiz scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Dylan Crews doubles (11) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Abimelec Ortiz scores — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
WAS	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	7	10

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	0	0	3
Tyrone Taylor PH	1	0	0	0
Seiya Suzuki RF	3	0	0	1
Michael Busch 1B	3	1	0	0
James Triantos 2B	0	0	0	0
Alex Bregman 3B	3	0	0	1
Ian Happ LF	3	0	0	1
Pedro Ramírez 1B	3	0	0	1
Dansby Swanson SS	1	0	2	1
Michael Conforto DH	3	0	0	2
Miguel Amaya C	3	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
CJ Abrams SS	4	1	1	0	0	1
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	4	2	2	3	0	1
Dylan Crews RF	4	1	2	1	0	1
Daylen Lile LF	4	1	2	1	0	0
Brady House 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jorbit Vivas 2B	3	1	1	1	1	1
Andres Chaparro DH	4	1	1	0	0	1
Keibert Ruiz C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew Pinckney CF	2	0	0	1	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Kevin Gausman	4.2	7	6	6	1	7
Aaron Civale	3.1	3	1	1	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching