Swanson hits 3-run HR and Cubs go deep 4 times in an 11-5 win over
Nationals
[September 06, 2025]
By SCOTT HELD
CHICAGO (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit a three-run homer and
the Chicago Cubs went deep four times in an 11-5 victory over the
Washington Nationals on Friday.
Swanson capped a five-run first inning with his three-run shot. Reese
McGuire, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ hit solo home runs and the Cubs never
trailed in winning for the fifth time in seven games. |
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson (7), right, forces out Washington
Nationals' Riley Adams (15) a second base and throws to first for a
double play during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 5,
2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) |
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Luis Garcia Jr. hit a two-run home run and
Daylen Lile added two RBIs and a pair of triples for the
Nationals, who had their three-game winning streak halted.
Chicago’s Javier Assad (2-1) won his second straight start,
working the first 5 1/3 innings. He gave up the Nationals’ first
four runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
Jake Irvin (8-11) dropped his fourth straight start after
allowing Chicago’s first seven runs in 3 1/3 innings. He allowed
five hits and walked four with two strikeouts.
After Pete-Crow Armstrong’s sacrifice fly and Hoerner’s RBI
double, Swanson went deep to give the Cubs a big early lead.
McGuire added a solo homer off Irvin in the second and Hoerner
added one of his own off Shinnosuke Ogasawara in the sixth. Happ
closed the scoring with a solo homer off Konnor Pilkington in
the eighth.
Assad didn’t allow a hit until the fourth, when Lile got on with
a two-out triple before scoring on Garcia’s 12th homer of the
season.
Chicago outfielder Kyle Tucker missed his second straight game
with a calf injury. The club hopes to get him back in the lineup
— possibly at DH — this weekend. He left Tuesday’s win over
Atlanta with the injury.
Key moment
Swanson got a big roar from the school-/work-day crowd of 32,320
when he hit Irvin’s first-inning offering deep into the
left-center bleachers.
Key stat
Crow-Armstrong had an efficient day at the plate with two
singles, a run, a stolen base and two RBIs.
Up next
Nationals RHP Brad Lord (4-8, 4.34 ERA) faces Cubs LHP Matthew
Boyd (12-7, 2.94) on Saturday afternoon.
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