Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs

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Washington Nationals

58-84, 29-42 Away

Final
6 - 3

Chicago Cubs

81-62, 44-28 Home

Josh Bell homers as Nationals rally with 5 in the 9th to beat Cubs 6-3

Chicago entered the ninth leading 3-1, but Palencia (1-6) failed to retire any of the five National hitters he faced before leaving with an undisclosed injury. The right-hander blew his third save.

Robert Hassell III led off with a homer to cut it to 3-2. Following an infield hit by CJ Abrams and walk to James Wood, Bell lofted the first pitch he saw to the basket in left-center for his 17th homer.

Daylen Lile tripled off Palencia and came home on Brady House's second sac fly of the game to complete the scoring. Lile finished with two hits.

Carson Kelly hit a pair of solo homers, Colin Rea allowed one run on three hits and struck out six over 5 1/3 innings, entering after opener Drew Pomeranz tossed a 1-2-3 first.

Washington took the rubber match of the three-game series for its fifth win in six. The Cubs fell 7 1/2 games behind first place Milwaukee in the NL Central.

Mason Thompson (1-0) pitched the eighth, getting the win despite allowing a run and two hits. Jose Ferrer worked the ninth for his seventh save.

Nationals starter Andrew Alvarez yielded two runs on three hits and three walks in his second career appearance. The left-hander tossed five shutout, one-hit innings to win his major league debut Monday against Miami.

Former Cubs sluggers Sammy Sosa and Derrek Lee, inducted into the team’s hall off fame over the weekend, were honored with a pregame ceremony.

Key moment Bell's homer to the opposite field off a low-inside fastball flipped the game.

Key stat Kelly upped his homer total to 16. He has eight RBI in his last seven games, and 49 for the season to set a career high.

Up next Nationals RHP Cade Cavalli (2-1, 4.85 ERA) starts on Monday at Miami.

The Cubs had not yet named a starter for Monday’s game at Atlanta.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to second, Happ out at second.
	9th Inning	Happ walked, Alcántara to second.
	9th Inning	Hoerner flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Alcántara grounded into fielder's choice to second, Shaw out at second.
	9th Inning	Shaw singled to right.
	9th Inning	Ferrer relieved Thompson

Statistics

WSH		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	11
12	Strikeouts	8
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	14
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	153
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	15
34	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
4.3	Runs Created	5.0
.233	Batting Average	.229
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.533	Slugging Percentage	.429
.333	Secondary Average	.343
.265	On Base Percentage	.308
.798	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.736
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.0
41.5	Batter Rating	29.0
15.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.300	Isolated Power	.200
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.114
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
86.0	MLB Rating	80.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0