Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

71-50, 36-26 Away

Final
12 - 6

Washington Nationals

59-63, 26-36 Home

Alex Bregman's first career 3-homer game helps Cubs rout Nationals 12-6

Alex Bregman dominates for Cubs with first career 3-HR game

Dansby Swanson also went deep for Chicago, which pulled within three games of NL Central-leading Milwaukee. The Cubs have won eight of nine and are a season-high 21 games over .500 at 71-50.

Abimelec Ortiz and José Tena homered, and Daylen Lile had three RBI for Washington.

In the fifth, Bregman ripped a sweeper from Jake Bird into the visitors' bullpen in left for a three-run shot to cap the Cubs’ four-run inning.

Swanson hit a go-ahead RBI double against Tom Cosgrove (0-2) in the sixth. Two batters later, Seiya Suzuki delivered a two-run single off Yovanny Cruz before Bregman pulled a two-run shot to left off the rookie to make it 9-4.

The three-time All-Star added Trevor Williams into the Chicago bullpen in the eighth. Swanson was the last Cub with three homers in a game, doing so July 1 against San Diego.

It was Bregman’s ninth multi-homer game and first since March 29, when he did it at home against the Nationals. The 32-year-old has 16 homers in his first season with Chicago.

Javier Assad pitched four innings for his second save.

Washington left-hander Jackson Kent allowed three runs on three hits and five walks over four-plus innings in his major league debut. He struck out six.

Up next Chicago RHP Kevin Gausman (6-10, 4.29 ERA) faces Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (9-5, 3.57) as the series concludes Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Young flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Tena homered to center (417 feet).
	9th Inning	Ford grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Abrams struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Swanson struck out swinging.

Statistics

CHC		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	15
11	Strikeouts	8
12	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	11
2	Stolen Bases	3
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	38
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
196	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
28	Total Bases	18
46	Plate Appearances	43
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
7	Extra Base Hits	3
10.9	Runs Created	7.1
.325	Batting Average	.289
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.700	Slugging Percentage	.474
.575	Secondary Average	.368
.413	On Base Percentage	.372
1.113	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.846
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
10.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.9
81.0	Batter Rating	46.0
10.0	At Bats Per Home Run	19.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.26	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.375	Isolated Power	.184
0.55	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.130	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.093
.250	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.079
24.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
116.5	MLB Rating	93.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0