Washington Nationals @ Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

81-61, 44-27 home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
C. AbramsSS	1-3	1	0	0	.265
J. WoodDH	1-4	0	0	0	.256
J. AlfaroC	2-4	0	0	1	.375
J. Bell1B	0-3	0	0	0	.223
A. Chaparro1B	0-1	0	0	0	.171
D. LileLF	2-4	1	1	1	.278
R. Hassell IIILF	0-0	0	0	0	.226
D. CrewsRF	0-3	0	0	0	.197
N. Nunez2B	0-3	0	0	0	.220
B. House3B	1-3	0	0	0	.242
J. YoungCF	0-3	0	0	0	.233

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Lord	5.2	2	1	4	7	90-53	4.20
P.J. Poulin	0.1	0	0	1	0	9-4	1.56
C. Beeter	1.0	0	0	2	0	22-9	5.19
J. Ferrer	1.0	0	0	0	2	16-9	3.97
C. Henry	1.0	1	0	0	1	17-10	3.73

According to ESPN Analytics

WSH

CHC

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Wrigley Field

2:20 PM, September 6, 2025

Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 38,011

Game Time:2:23

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Tony Randazzo
First Base Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
Second Base Umpire - Dan Bellino
Third Base Umpire - Clint Vondrak

Lile's tiebreaking homer, Lord's season-best 7 strikeouts lead Nationals past Cubs 2-1

— Daylen Lile hit a tiebreaking home run in the fourth inning and rookie Brad Lord struck out a season-best seven to help the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on Saturday.

Sep 6, 2025, 05:14 pm - AP


WSH
CHC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0

Scoring Summary

		WSH	CHC
1st	Alfaro singled to right, Abrams scored, Wood to second.	1	0
2nd	Kelly grounded out to third, Crow-Armstrong scored.	1	1
4th	Lile homered to right (369 feet).	2	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Betting Results
Odds by

OpenMLTotalRL

Washington NationalsNationalsWSH

(57-84)

(57-84, 28-42 Away)

(57-84)

Brad Lord

(5-8, 4.20)

o7.5

-115

+210

o8.5

-120

+1.5

EVEN

Chicago CubsCubsCHC

(81-61)

(81-61, 44-27 Home)

(81-61)

Matthew Boyd

(12-8, 2.92)

-180

-255

u8.5

EVEN

-1.5

-120

Nationals
5
Cubs
11

Game 1

9/5

Nationals
2
Cubs
1

Game 2

9/6

Nationals
6
Cubs
3

Game 3

9/7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Philadelphia	84	60	.583	-	W1
New York	76	68	.528	8	L3
Miami	66	78	.458	18	L1
Atlanta	65	79	.451	19	W1
Washington	59	84	.413	24.5	W3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	89	56	.614	-	L1
Chicago	81	63	.563	7.5	L3
Cincinnati	72	72	.500	16.5	L1
St. Louis	72	73	.497	17	L1
Pittsburgh	64	80	.444	24.5	L3

Nola returns to form, Duran holds on in 9th, Phillies edge Mets 1-0 to extend NL East lead

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Bell second Nats player to homer from both sides, has 6 RBIs, 4 hits in 15-7 romp over Marlins

— Josh Bell became the second Washington player to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game, finishing with four hits and six RBI to lead the Nationals over the Miami Marlins 15-7 on Monday night.

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Washington Nationals @ Chicago Cubs