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Two of Chicago's hits came from its first two
batters of the ninth inning, with Seiya Suzuki and Trey Mancini
opening the frame with singles off Kyle Finnegan. A fielder's
choice bunt put runners at the corners before Patrick Wisdom
grounded into a game-ending double play.
Thomas had the game's only extra-base hit. He joined Joey
Meneses and Victor Robles with two hits for the Nationals.
Cubs starter Marcus Stroman turned in a strong six-inning
effort, holding the Nationals to one run on five hits. He struck
out five and walked three.
Irvin logged 4 1/3 innings and gave up a first-inning run. The
right-hander allowed two hits, walked four and struck out three.
Irvin was called up from Triple-A Rochester as the Nationals,
who had a game last Friday postponed causing Saturday's
doubleheader, needed a fill-in starter.
Carl Edwards Jr. (1-1) was the winning pitcher with one shutout
inning. Finnegan ended up with his seventh save.
Adbert Alzolay (1-1) took the loss as he was unable to complete
an inning in relief.
Abrams has driven in 14 runs, with seven of those coming in the
past week.
Chicago posted a first-inning run on Suzuki's two-out single.
That drove in Nico Hoerner, who was hit by an Irvin pitch as the
game's first batter.
The Nationals countered in the second inning with their run,
though they were limited after putting runners at first and
third with no outs. The run scored when Dominic Smith grounded
into a double play.
Mancini and Ian Happ joined Suzuki with two hits.
--Field Level Media
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