Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals

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Chicago Cubs

38-23, 18-12 Away

Final
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Washington Nationals

29-32, 14-15 Home

Gore outpitches Boyd as Nationals blank Cubs 2-0 to even series

Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Nasim Nuñez added an RBI double in the eighth to chase Cubs starter Matthew Boyd, who carried a perfect game into the sixth before walking Nuñez with one out and then giving up a two-out single to rookie Robert Hassell III.

Rosario's third homer — an opposite-field shot into the Washington bullpen in right — came on the first pitch thrown by Boyd (5-3) in the seventh.

Gore (3-5) has tossed 13 consecutive scoreless innings. He struck out seven, walked one and threw 94 pitches as the Nationals evened the three-game series.

The left-hander retired 21 of the final 23 batters he faced in a game that took only 2 hours, 11 minutes.

Brad Lord worked a clean eighth and Kyle Finnegan earned his 17th save after letting two runners on in the ninth.

Boyd permitted two runs over 7 1/3 innings while striking out seven, walking one and yielding four hits on 95 pitches.

Key moment Chicago loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning when Gore gave up singles to his first three batters. But he struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong and Dansby Swanson before Nico Hoerner fouled out.

Key stat Gore has lowered his ERA in each of his last three starts, from 3.67 to 2.87 during that stretch.

Up next The Cubs hadn’t announced a starter yet for Thursday’s series finale and could potentially use an opener, as they did when Drew Pomeranz threw the first inning of a 2-0 win over Cincinnati last Saturday.

Washington will send out right-hander Jake Irvin (5-1, 3.93 ERA) for his 13th start of the season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Tucker grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Tucker hit for Turner
	9th Inning	Berti ran for Busch
	9th Inning	Busch singled to right, Swanson to third.
	9th Inning	Hoerner flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Swanson singled to right.

Statistics

CHC		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	27
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	4
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	1
130	Pitches	101
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	8
35	Plate Appearances	28
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
1.0	Runs Created	1.0
.156	Batting Average	.148
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.156	Slugging Percentage	.296
.094	Secondary Average	.185
.229	On Base Percentage	.179
.385	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.475
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
6.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	27.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.61
.000	Isolated Power	.148
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.036
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.037
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
61.3	MLB Rating	68.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0