Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

70-50, 35-26 Away

Final
8 - 6

Washington Nationals

59-62, 26-35 Home

Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 27th homer and Cubs beat Nationals 8-6 to move 20 games over .500

Crow-Armstrong's third-inning shot, his 27th, hit the facade of the third deck in right field, traveling an estimated 437 feet.

Bregman hit his 13th homer and finished 2 for 4 with three runs scored. Suzuki hit his 20th in the eighth inning to make it 8-4.

The Cubs (70-50) improved to a season-best 20 games over .500. They were 34-34 on June 10 but have gone 36-16 since, and they have a commanding lead in the NL wild-card race.

All-Star CJ Abrams hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Washington, his 29th, and Jacob Young went deep in the second, his 10th, to give the Nationals a 3-1 lead. Dylan Crews also hit his 10th homer for Washington.

The Cubs scored in five consecutive innings, highlighted by a three-run fourth. Carson Kelly's RBI grounder off Jake Irvin (2-6) put Chicago ahead 4-3.

Shota Imanaga allowed three homers for the fourth time this season and could not get out of the fifth, departing with two outs and a 6-4 lead. Ryan Rolison (7-1) recorded the next four outs.

After the Nationals got within 8-6 in the eighth with two runs against Ryan Zeferjahn, Jacob Webb got the last four outs for his eighth save.

Abrams increased his major league-leading RBI total to 91, matching Ian Desmond in 2014 for the most in a season by a Nationals shortstop. The NL Player of the Month for July, Abrams has 11 homers and 31 RBI in his last 31 games.

Up next LHP David Peterson (6-7, 5.35 ERA) starts Wednesday for the Cubs, while the Nationals are expected to promote top lefty prospect Jackson Kent from Triple-A.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Abrams grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	House struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ortiz singled to right.
	9th Inning	Crews struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kelly flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Hoerner stole second.

Statistics

CHC		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	10
8	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	38
3	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
21	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
187	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	22
44	Plate Appearances	40
486.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
8.1	Runs Created	7.1
.257	Batting Average	.289
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.333
.571	Slugging Percentage	.579
.486	Secondary Average	.316
.364	On Base Percentage	.325
.935	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.904
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
7.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.1
55.0	Batter Rating	48.0
11.7	At Bats Per Home Run	12.7
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.25	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.314	Isolated Power	.289
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.114	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.025
.229	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.026
16.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
98.3	MLB Rating	95.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0