Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs

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Washington Nationals

57-84, 28-42 Away

Final
2 - 1

Chicago Cubs

81-61, 44-27 Home

Lile's tiebreaking homer, Lord's season-best 7 strikeouts lead Nationals past Cubs 2-1

Washington Nationals vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Lile’s solo shot off Matthew Boyd (12-8) gave the Nationals the lead for good.

Lord (5-8) struck out the side in the third and fourth and allowed two hits, an earned run and four walks in the first 5 2/3 innings as the Nationals won for the fourth time in five tries. Cole Henry, the fourth Washington reliever, worked the ninth and earned his second save.

Chicago batters drew seven walks but weren’t able to capitalize. The Cubs' lone run came in the second when Carson Kelly knocked in Pete Crow-Armstrong on a ground-out.

Boyd worked the first seven innings and allowed seven hits and both runs while striking out three.

The Nationals started the game with three straight hits, including Jorge Alfaro’s RBI single.

Crow-Armstrong needed help from the training staff after fouling a ball off his right leg during a sixth-inning at-bat, and did not return to the field due to what the club called a right knee contusion.

Chicago manager Craig Counsell said before the game that All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker (calf) would not need a spell on the injured list. He missed a third straight game with the injury.

Key moment Lile, who tripled twice a day earlier, barely cleared the right-field basket leading off the fourth. But that was all the offense Washington’s pitchers would need in the game.

Key stat Boyd had a pair of successful pickoffs, including getting Abrams in the fifth inning, for his 10th of the season, setting a club season record mark and moving past the record set in 1913 by Charlie Smith. The left-hander also caught Brady House in a second-inning rundown.

Up next Washington sends LHP Andrew Alvarez (1-0. 0.00 ERA) to the mound for Sunday’s series finale. The Cubs have not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castro flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Kelly struck out swinging, Hoerner stole second.
	9th Inning	Hoerner singled to left.
	9th Inning	Turner fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Henry relieved Ferrer
	9th Inning	Hassell III in left field.

Statistics

WSH		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	8
7	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	9
1	Caught Stealing	0
111	Pitches	154
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	4
32	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.0	Runs Created	0.7
.226	Batting Average	.111
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.355	Slugging Percentage	.148
.097	Secondary Average	.333
.250	On Base Percentage	.294
.605	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.442
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
2.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
20.0	Batter Rating	10.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.47	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.53
.129	Isolated Power	.037
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.70
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.206
-.129	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.222
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
73.3	MLB Rating	61.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0