Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Chicago Cubs

71-51, 36-27 Away

Final
0 - 7

Washington Nationals

60-63, 27-36 Home

Cade Cavalli takes a no-hitter into 7th inning as the Nationals rout the Cubs 7-0

Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

Michael Busch delivered the Cubs' lone hit with an opposite-field bloop single to left with two outs in the seventh. The Nationals Park crowd then applauded Cavalli, who was trying to throw Washington’s first no-hitter since Max Scherzer did it twice in 2015.

Cavalli (10-5), who turns 28 on Friday, retired the first 15 batters before walking Dansby Swanson to open the sixth. Swanson was quickly erased on Michael Conforto’s double-play grounder.

Cavalli walked Swanson again with two outs in the eighth, but struck out Conforto looking to finish his day. The right-hander struck out 10 while setting career highs in innings (eight) and pitches (103).

Clayton Beeter worked a perfect ninth for Washington.

The Nationals didn’t muster a baserunner against Kevin Gausman (6-11) until Abimelec Ortiz’s one-out single in the fourth. Two pitches later, Dylan Crews laced an RBI double to left-center.

Washington’s first two men in the fifth reached base before Andrew Pinckney’s sacrifice fly. After CJ Abrams singled, Ortiz hit a three-run shot to right-center to make it 5-0. Daylen Lile added an RBI single later in the inning to end Gausman’s day.

Ortiz has four homers in 11 games this season and hit .389 (7 for 18) with three homers and seven RBI during the Nationals’ six-game homestand.

Gausman allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings while striking out seven in his second start since joining the Cubs from Toronto at the trade deadline.

Up next RHP Clay Holmes (4-5, 2.86 ERA) makes his second start as a Cub as Chicago returns home Friday to begin a three-game series against St. Louis. LHP Andrew Alvarez (2-3, 3.76) starts Friday as Washington opens its three-game series at the New York Mets.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Taylor grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Taylor hit for Suzuki
	9th Inning	Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Amaya flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Beeter relieved Cavalli
	8th Inning	Ruiz grounded out to first.

Statistics

CHC		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
1	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
27	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
3	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
1	Total Bases	14
29	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
-1.9	Runs Created	4.7
.037	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.037	Slugging Percentage	.424
.074	Secondary Average	.182
.103	On Base Percentage	.314
.140	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.739
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
-1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.3
1.0	Batter Rating	44.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.93	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.000	Isolated Power	.121
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.069	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.037	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.121
0.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
52.3	MLB Rating	90.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0