The Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Sep 21, 2024 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Joey Gallo went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Nationals.
- MacKenzie Gore pitched 7.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Dansby Swanson went 1-for-4 for the Cubs.
- Kyle Hendricks pitched 5.1 innings for the Cubs, allowing 4 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Wood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Tena | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dylan Crews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie Gore | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ferrer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cody Bellinger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Amaya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Hendricks | 5.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hayden Wesneski | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2024 season · Previous Sep 20, 2024: WSH 1, CHC 3 · Next Sep 22, 2024: WSH 0, CHC 5
- Cubs · 2024 season · Previous Sep 20, 2024: WSH 1, CHC 3 · Next Sep 22, 2024: WSH 0, CHC 5