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08/11 21:16 CDT Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 27th homer and Cubs beat Nationals 8-6
to move 20 games over .500
Pete Crow-Armstrong hits 27th homer and Cubs beat Nationals 8-6 to move 20
games over .500
By BYRON KERR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Pete Crow-Armstrong, Alex Bregman and Seiya Suzuki homered,
and the Chicago Cubs rallied from an early deficit to beat the Washington
Nationals 8-6 on Tuesday night.
Crow-Armstrong's third-inning shot, his 27th, hit the facade of the third deck
in right field, traveling an estimated 437 feet.
Bregman hit his 13th homer and finished 2 for 4 with three runs scored. Suzuki
hit his 20th in the eighth inning to make it 8-4.
The Cubs (70-50) improved to a season-best 20 games over .500. They were 34-34
on June 10 but have gone 36-16 since, and they have a commanding lead in the NL
wild-card race.
All-Star CJ Abrams hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Washington, his
29th, and Jacob Young went deep in the second, his 10th, to give the Nationals
a 3-1 lead. Dylan Crews also hit his 10th homer for Washington.
The Cubs scored in five consecutive innings, highlighted by a three-run fourth.
Carson Kelly's RBI grounder off Jake Irvin (2-6) put Chicago ahead 4-3.
Shota Imanaga allowed three homers for the fourth time this season and could
not get out of the fifth, departing with two outs and a 6-4 lead. Ryan Rolison
(7-1) recorded the next four outs.
After the Nationals got within 8-6 in the eighth with two runs against Ryan
Zeferjahn, Jacob Webb got the last four outs for his eighth save.
Abrams increased his major league-leading RBI total to 91, matching Ian Desmond
in 2014 for the most in a season by a Nationals shortstop. The NL Player of the
Month for July, Abrams has 11 homers and 31 RBIs in his last 31 games.
Up next LHP David Peterson (6-7, 5.35 ERA) starts Wednesday for the Cubs, while the Nationals are expected to promote top lefty prospect Jackson Kent from Triple-A. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb |
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