Pete Crow-Armstrong, Alex Bregman, and Seiya Suzuki homered as the Chicago Cubs rallied from an early deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 on Tuesday night.
Cubs Improve to 20 Games Over .500
Crow-Armstrong’s third-inning shot, his 27th, traveled 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 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 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.
Original reporting: Alexandria, VA News – WTOP News — read the source article.
