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Wisdom led off the 11th with a double down the left field line
against Victor Arano (1-1), scoring Willson Contreras. Wisdom
later scored on a single by Seiya Suzuki.
Brandon Hughes (2-1) pitched one inning for the win and Mark
Leiter Jr. worked the 11th for his first save.
The Cubs took a 5-4 lead in the 10th on a sacrifice fly by
Contreras, but CJ Abrams singled home Lane Thomas to tie it.
Franmil Reyes homered and singled, and Nico Hoerner also had
three hits for Chicago.
Luke Voit and Thomas homered in the eighth inning against Cubs
reliever Rowan Wick to tie it 4-4.
Chicago starter Justin Steele allowed one unearned run, though
his throwing error led to the run, on five hits through six
innings.
After being pulled in the first inning twice in his past three
starts while pitching to a 25.41 ERA, Nationals starter Patrick
Corbin was skipped last time through the rotation. On Tuesday he
allowed four runs on six hits over six innings and lowered his
season ERA to 6.96.
Cesar Hernandez had three hits and rookie Joey Meneses extended
his hitting streak to 10 games.
The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Reyes and
Hoerner singled, and Nelson Velasquez doubled off the wall in
left-center, scoring Reyes.
Steele was helped by a pair of double plays that shorted
Washington rallies in the first and second innings.
In the fourth, Suzuki opened with a walk and came all the way
around on a double into the left field corner by Hoerner. With
two outs, P.J. Higgins lined a single to left-center, scoring
Hoerner to make it 3-0.
Reyes homered to right center off a 2-1 Corbin fastball in the
sixth, increasing the lead to 4-0.
The Nationals pulled within 4-1 when Victor Robles led off with
a walk and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Nelson Cruz, and
Washington got an RBI single from Ildemaro Vargas in the
seventh.
--Field Level Media
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