Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals

CHC 0 — 7 WSH

Final — 2026-08-13

MVP: Cade Cavalli 8.0 IP, 10 K, 0 ER

Washington Nationals defeated Chicago Cubs 7-0. Cade Cavalli led the way with 8.0 IP, 10 K, 0 ER. Cade Cavalli earned the win and Kevin Gausman took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
WSH	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	x	7	10	0

WP Cade Cavalli (10-5)

LP Kevin Gausman (6-11)

Scoring Plays

Bot 4: Crews doubled to left, Ortiz scored. (0-1)

Bot 5: Pinckney hit sacrifice fly to right, Vivas scored. (0-2)

Bot 5: Ortiz homered to center (414 feet), Chaparro scored and Abrams scored. (0-5)

Bot 5: Lile singled to right, Crews scored. (0-6)

Bot 8: Vivas singled to left, Lile scored, House to second. (0-7)

CHC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Crow-Armstrong	CF	4	0	0	3	.281	.381	.539	.920
Suzuki	RF	3	0	0	1	.271	.362	.476	.838
Busch	1B	3	1	0	0	.245	.353	.388	.741
Bregman	3B	3	0	0	1	.254	.345	.409	.754
Happ	LF	3	0	0	1	.216	.325	.416	.741
Ramirez	1B	3	0	0	1	.294	.351	.437	.788
Swanson	SS	1	0	2	1	.215	.300	.405	.705
Conforto	DH	3	0	0	2	.230	.321	.443	.764
Amaya	C	3	0	0	1	.238	.344	.363	.707
Triantos	2B	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Taylor	PH	1	0	0	0	.236	.289	.472	.761

WSH — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Abrams	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.284	.357	.541	.898
Ortiz	1B	4	2	2	0	1	3	0	1	0	.333	.355	.767	1.122
Crews	RF	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	.218	.290	.372	.662
Lile	LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.249	.298	.418	.716
House	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236	.288	.394	.682
Vivas	2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	.243	.335	.330	.665
Chaparro	DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.226	.344	.472	.816
Ruiz	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.275	.311	.439	.750
Pinckney	CF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.300	.625	.925

CHC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Gausman	4.2	7	6	6	1	7	1	93-64	4.53	1.27	L, 6-11
Civale	3.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	37-27	5.05	1.57

WSH — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Cavalli	8.0	1	0	0	2	10	0	103-63	3.36	1.24	W, 10-5
Beeter	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	3.65	1.22

Venue: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia (21,463)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Lance Barksdale, First Base Umpire: Ryan Wills, Second Base Umpire: Ryan Additon, Third Base Umpire: Jonathan Parra

Broadcast: MARQ | NATV

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