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Ian Happ also homered for the Cubs, who have
won three games in a row and four of their past five. Willson
Contreras went 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Starlin Castro homered for the Nationals, who have dropped three
of four. Trea Turner and Ryan Zimmerman drove in one run apiece.
Cubs right-hander Keegan Thompson (2-1) earned the victory with
1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Thompson followed starter
Zach Davies, who gave up three runs on seven hits in five-plus
innings.
Nationals right-hander Will Harris (0-1) allowed two runs in
two-thirds of an inning to take the loss. He relieved Patrick
Corbin, who yielded three runs on eight hits in five innings.
Chicago's Craig Kimbrel pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick
up his eighth save.
The Cubs jumped to a 2-0 lead in the third. Bote and Nico
Hoerner reached on back-to-back infield singles, and Contreras
later drove in both of them with a single to shallow right
field.
In the top of the fifth, the Nationals evened the score at 2-2.
Turner ripped a line drive for a run-scoring single, increasing
his team-leading total to 22 RBIs. Zimmerman followed two
batters later with an RBI single.
Chicago regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth when
Hoerner scored on an infield single by Kris Bryant.
Washington pulled even once again in the sixth. Leading off,
Castro belted a changeup over the middle of the plate an
estimated 433 feet to right-center field for his second homer of
the season.
Bote unlocked the tie with a two-run shot in the bottom of the
frame to put the Cubs back on top 5-3. His one-out shot to
straightaway center traveled an estimated 407 feet and also
scored Matt Duffy, who was on base after a leadoff walk.
In the eighth, Happ hit a solo shot into the basket atop the
wall in left-center field to increase Chicago's advantage to
6-3. It was his fourth homer of the season and his second in the
past three games.
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo left the game after four
innings because of lower back tightness. The team termed the
move a precautionary measure.
--Field Level Media
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