Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs Box Score, May 8, 2020
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Washington Nationals (20-17) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
![]() | Chicago Cubs (16-23) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 | 12 | 1 |
Washington Nationals
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| T. Turner SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .231 | 6 | 13 |
| V. Robles CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | 6 | 17 |
| H. Kendrick 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .304 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Soto LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | 8 | 30 |
| C. Kieboom 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .258 | 5 | 16 |
| A. Cabrera 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .295 | 0 | 14 |
| A. Eaton RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .265 | 3 | 13 |
| K. Suzuki C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .294 | 1 | 10 |
| P. Corbin P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Ross P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Sanchez P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| a-Y. Hernandez PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bourque P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| W. Suero P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
Chicago Cubs
| Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | AVG | HR | RBI |
| I. Happ 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .216 | 4 | 15 |
| K. Bryant 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .289 | 9 | 29 |
| A. Rizzo 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .245 | 4 | 14 |
| J. Baez SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .282 | 9 | 30 |
| K. Schwarber LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .217 | 4 | 17 |
| W. Contreras C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .164 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Heyward RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .221 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Almora Jr. CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .252 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Lester P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | 1 | 3 |
| a-J. Kipnis PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 | 1 | 7 |
| C. Kimbrel P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
Washington Nationals
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Corbin L (1-3) | 1.2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 26 | 6.63 |
| J. Ross | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 4.26 |
| A. Sanchez | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 40 | 5.85 |
| J. Bourque | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5.79 |
| W. Suero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3.38 |
Chicago Cubs
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | PS | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Lester W (1-2) | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 91 | 60 | 3.89 |
| C. Kimbrel | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 2.31 |
Play By Play
| TOP OF THE 1ST - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
|---|---|
| Pitching: LHP Jon Lester | |
| Batting: RHB Trea Turner |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Bunt for hit to 2L - play at first, batter OUT! 2-3 |
| Batting: RHB Victor Robles |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 95.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Howie Kendrick |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9S, EV 85.6 MPH) |
| Top of the 1st over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 0 - Chicago 0 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 1ST - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : LHP Patrick Corbin | |
| Pitching: LHP Patrick Corbin | |
| Batting: SHB Ian Happ |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Line Drive, 7D, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 416 ft |
| Batting: RHB Kris Bryant | 0-0: SINGLE (Groundball, 56D, EV 106.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Anthony Rizzo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Kris Bryant to second |
| Batting: RHB Javier Baez | 0-0: 3-RUN HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 110.0 MPH), Distance : 398 ft |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Schwarber |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: RHB Willson Contreras |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Batting: LHB Jason Heyward |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, P, EV 86.9 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 1st over - 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 0 - Chicago 4 | |
| TOP OF THE 2ND - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Batting: LHB Juan Soto |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F, Error on foul ball, E3 1-1: Ball 2-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 5D, EV 96.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Carter Kieboom |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 88.8 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Asdrubal Cabrera |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 83.1 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Adam Eaton |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LS, EV 102.5 MPH) Juan Soto scores |
| Batting: RHB Kurt Suzuki | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7, EV 98.1 MPH) |
| Top of the 2nd over - 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 4 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 2ND - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : LHP Patrick Corbin | |
| Batting: RHB Albert Almora Jr. |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 90.0 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jon Lester |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: SHB Ian Happ |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: RHB Kris Bryant |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78M, EV 88.8 MPH) Ian Happ to third Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home |
| Batting: LHB Anthony Rizzo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 110.0 MPH) Kris Bryant scores |
| Pitching: RHP Joe Ross | |
| Batting: RHB Javier Baez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 2nd over - 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| TOP OF THE 3RD - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Batting: RHB Joe Ross |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Trea Turner |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Victor Robles | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9LS, EV 105.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Howie Kendrick |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RXD, EV 86.9 MPH) |
| Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 3RD - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : RHP Joe Ross | |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Schwarber |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: DOUBLE (Flyball, 89D, EV 111.2 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Willson Contreras |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LM, EV 86.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jason Heyward |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 90.0 MPH) Kyle Schwarber to third |
| Pitching: RHP Anibal Sanchez | |
| Batting: RHB Albert Almora Jr. |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 81.9 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| TOP OF THE 4TH - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Batting: LHB Juan Soto |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7LD, EV 91.2 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Carter Kieboom |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-1: Ball 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: Strikes out swinging, 2-3 out at first. |
| Batting: SHB Asdrubal Cabrera | 0-0: SINGLE (Line Drive, 56, EV 100.0 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Adam Eaton | 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 89M, EV 82.5 MPH) |
| Top of the 4th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 4TH - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : RHP Anibal Sanchez | |
| Batting: LHB Jon Lester | 0-0: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6, EV 82.5 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Ian Happ | 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 83.8 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Kris Bryant |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 4th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| TOP OF THE 5TH - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Batting: RHB Kurt Suzuki |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78XD, EV 94.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Anibal Sanchez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Trea Turner |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Swinging Strike 2-2: Strikes out looking |
| Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 5TH - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : RHP Anibal Sanchez | |
| Batting: LHB Anthony Rizzo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Javier Baez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5SF, EV 81.9 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Schwarber |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 25, EV 69.4 MPH) (infield hit) |
| Batting: RHB Willson Contreras |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| TOP OF THE 6TH - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Batting: RHB Victor Robles |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3, EV 81.9 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Howie Kendrick | 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 100.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Juan Soto |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 93.8 MPH) |
| Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 6 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 6TH - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : RHP Anibal Sanchez | |
| Batting: LHB Jason Heyward |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 95.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Albert Almora Jr. |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Grounds into double play, 1-6-3 (Groundball, 13, EV 85.6 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Jon Lester |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9LD, EV 103.1 MPH), Distance : 396 ft |
| Batting: SHB Ian Happ |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 84.4 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 6th over - 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 7 | |
| TOP OF THE 7TH - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Batting: RHB Carter Kieboom | 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 34D, EV 75.6 MPH) |
| Batting: SHB Asdrubal Cabrera |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Adam Eaton |
0-0: Ball 1-0: DOUBLE (Groundball, 3L, EV 95.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Kurt Suzuki |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9D, EV 103.8 MPH) |
| Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 7 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 7TH - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : RHP Anibal Sanchez | |
| Batting: RHB Kris Bryant |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 34D, EV 75.0 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Anthony Rizzo |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 69.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Javier Baez |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Kyle Schwarber |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Swinging Strike 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: Swinging Strike 3-2: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 3L, EV 107.5 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 7 | |
| TOP OF THE 8TH - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Yadiel Hernandez |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Ball 3-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 34D, EV 104.4 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Trea Turner |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Swinging Strike 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Victor Robles | 0-0: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 91.9 MPH) |
| Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 7 | |
| BOTTOM OF THE 8TH - Chicago Cubs batting - Pitching for Washington Nationals : RHP Anibal Sanchez | |
| Pitching: RHP James Bourque | |
| Batting: RHB Willson Contreras |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Ball 2-1: Ball 3-1: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 9D, EV 90.6 MPH), Distance : 390 ft |
| Batting: LHB Jason Heyward |
0-0: Ball 1-0: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS, EV 93.8 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Albert Almora Jr. |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Called Strike 2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls Jason Heyward to second |
| Pinch Hitting: LHB Jason Kipnis |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Ball 2-0: Swinging Strike 2-1: Called Strike 2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 107.5 MPH) Jason Heyward to third Albert Almora Jr. to second Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by CF to home |
| Pitching: RHP Wander Suero | |
| Batting: SHB Ian Happ |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: RHB Kris Bryant |
0-0: Called Strike 0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-2: Ball 1-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Anthony Rizzo | 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78S, EV 85.6 MPH) |
| Bottom of the 8th over - 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 9 | |
| TOP OF THE 9TH - Washington Nationals batting - Pitching for Chicago Cubs : LHP Jon Lester | |
| Pitching: RHP Craig Kimbrel | |
| Batting: RHB Howie Kendrick |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Called Strike 0-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Batting: LHB Juan Soto | 0-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 105.0 MPH) |
| Batting: RHB Carter Kieboom |
0-0: Ball 1-0: Called Strike 1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Ball 2-2: Ball 3-2: Base on Balls |
| Batting: SHB Asdrubal Cabrera |
0-0: Swinging Strike 0-1: Ball 1-1: Swinging Strike 1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F 1-2: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 7S, EV 81.2 MPH) |
| Batting: LHB Adam Eaton |
0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F 0-1: Ball 1-1: Called Strike 1-2: Ball 2-2: Strikes out swinging |
| Top of the 9th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Washington 1 - Chicago 9 | |




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