The Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on Mar 29, 2026 at Wrigley Field.
Final · Wrigley Field
Top performers
- Keibert Ruiz went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Nationals.
- Jake Irvin pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Cubs.
- Shota Imanaga pitched 5.0 innings for the Cubs, allowing 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady House | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andres Chaparro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Irvin | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Gus Varland | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cionel Perez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clayton Beeter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moises Ballesteros | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hoerner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Busch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dansby Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ian Happ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Conforto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shota Imanaga | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Palencia | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous Mar 28, 2026: WSH 2, CHC 10 · Next Mar 30, 2026: WSH 13, PHI 2
- Cubs · 2026 season · Previous Mar 28, 2026: WSH 2, CHC 10 · Next Mar 30, 2026: LAA 2, CHC 7