The Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 10-4 on Mar 26, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Brady House went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Cade Cavalli pitched 3.2 innings for the Nationals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Pete Crow-Armstrong went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Matthew Boyd pitched 3.2 innings for the Cubs, allowing 6 earned runs with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Daylen Lile | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brady House | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Chaparro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cavalli | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Lord | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cionel Perez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clayton Beeter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Moises Ballesteros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carson Kelly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Shaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dansby Swanson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Conforto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Boyd | 3.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Ben Brown | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Webb | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Mar 23, 2026: BAL 2, WSH 0 · Next Mar 28, 2026: WSH 2, CHC 10
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Mar 24, 2026: NYY 8, CHC 3 · Next Mar 28, 2026: WSH 2, CHC 10