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The Cubs then broke things open in the seventh,
starting with Wisdom's third homer in four games, a shot off
Amos Willingham (0-2) that was his 17th of the year.
An RBI single from Suzuki and run-scoring double from Ian Happ
followed. Happ scored on Mike Tauchman's groundout and Miguel
Amaya delivered a two-run single to cap the seventh-inning
onslaught for Chicago, which added eight runs in the eighth.
The Cubs matched a season high with 20 hits to even the
three-game set at one win apiece. Chicago produced its highest
run total since a 21-0 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on April
23, 2022.
Suzuki, Amaya and Tauchman each had three RBIs, while Nico
Hoerner and Miles Mastrobuoni posted three hits and two runs
apiece.
Chicago's Jameson Taillon allowed three runs in the first two
innings, but he didn't yield another run in his 5 2/3-inning
outing. Michael Fulmer (1-5) fanned three during a hitless 1 1/3
innings.
Washington's Patrick Corbin was solid for five innings but was
pulled one out into the sixth. He allowed three runs and six
hits and a walk while striking out six.
The Nationals are 1-3 following a three-game winning streak.
Lane Thomas, who homered against Taillon at Washington in May,
tagged the right-hander again with a one-out solo shot in the
first. Washington made it 3-0 via Corey Dickerson's two-run
single in the second.
The Cubs picked up their first run in the fourth on Yan Gomes'
sacrifice fly.
Chicago chased Corbin when it tied things in the sixth. With one
out, Suzuki went deep for the eighth time this year. Happ then
reached on an infield single, stole second and scored on a
throwing error by Nationals second baseman Luis Garcia off Cody
Bellinger's infield hit.
Christopher Morel was scratched due to neck tightness for
Chicago, which won for just the third time in 12 home games.
--Field Level Media
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