WSH 9, CHC 3 | Aug 23, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Friday, August 23, 2019•Wrigley Field•73°F, Sunny

WSH

Nationals

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Aníbal Sánchez

LOSS

Jon Lester

The Nationals cruised past the Cubs 9-3 in a dominant performance.

★Juan Soto3-for-4, 1 RBI

⚾Aníbal Sánchez8.1 IP, 1 ER, 6 K

Key Moment

Top 7: Juan Soto homers (29) on a fly ball to center field.

Weather: 73°F, SunnyWind: 18 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 6:20 PM UTCT: 3:10Att: 39,889Venue: Wrigley Field

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90.6%C

16 missed calls

+10.0% WSH

No run favor

Win Probability

CHC WinWSH Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WSH	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	9	14	1
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 565187 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Washington Nationals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Trea TurnerSS	4	0	1	1	0	0	.296/.355/.488	103.4	.240	.235
Adam EatonRF	5	1	1	1	0	1	.290/.376/.440	106.9	.350	.506
Anthony Rendon3B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.323/.400/.609	97.1	.365	.342
Juan SotoLF	4	4	3	1	1	0	.290/.403/.557	108.5	.582	.794
Howie Kendrick1B	5	0	2	1	0	2	.325/.376/.558	92.8	.395	.395
Kurt SuzukiC	4	2	1	1	0	1	.269/.328/.465	100.3	.356	.333
Brian Dozier2B	4	0	1	0	1	3	.235/.336/.439	105.3	.225	.204
Victor RoblesCF	4	1	2	2	1	1	.252/.328/.435	100.6	.293	.267
Matt GraceP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Bench
Aníbal SánchezP	3	0	2	1	0	0	.093/.093/.093	86	.505	.458
Totals	38	9	14	8	3	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Eaton (1st off Lester, 0 on, 1 out); Soto (7th off Phelps, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Robles; Kendrick

TB:22

RBI:Robles 2; Eaton; Suzuki; Soto; Kendrick; Sánchez; Turner

SB:Robles

SF:Turner

GIDP:Suzuki

Team LOB:8

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Victor Caratini3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	.247/.344/.411	89.2	.056

Pitching

Washington Nationals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Aníbal SánchezW	8.1	1	2	1	2	6	112-76	85.8	3.81
Matt Grace	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	13-7	91.3	6.36
Totals	9.0	3	3	2	2	7	125-83	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Grace 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Sánchez 112-76; Grace 13-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Sánchez 12-7; Grace 1-0

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jon LesterL	4.1	9	6	6	1	2	1	95-59	85.5	4.49

Top 1 • WSH

1-0

Adam Eaton homers (12) on a line drive to right center field.

EV: 106.9 mph💣 384 ftLA: 20°

Top 3 • WSH

2-0

Trea Turner out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Nicholas Castellanos. Victor Robles scores.

EV: 92.2 mph296 ftLA: 36°

Top 4 • WSH

4-0

Anibal Sanchez singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Kris Bryant. Kurt Suzuki scores. Brian Dozier to 3rd. Victor Robles to 2nd.

3-0

Kurt Suzuki singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Kyle Schwarber. Juan Soto scores. Howie Kendrick to 2nd.

EV: 100.3 mph169 ftLA: 9°

Top 5 • WSH

7-0

Victor Robles doubles (24) on a line drive to right fielder Nicholas Castellanos. Juan Soto scores. Kurt Suzuki scores. Brian Dozier to 3rd.

EV: 60.5 mph143 ftLA: 20°

5-0

Brian Dozier walks.

Top 7 • WSH

8-0

Juan Soto homers (29) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 103.7 mph💣 412 ftLA: 26°

Top 9 • WSH

9-0

Howie Kendrick doubles (20) on a fly ball to right fielder Nicholas Castellanos. Juan Soto scores.

EV: 92.8 mph335 ftLA: 25°

Bot 9 • CHC

9-1

Victor Caratini reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Anthony Rendon. Tony Kemp scores. Victor Caratini to 2nd.

EV: 89.2 mph5 ftLA: -31°

9-2

Nicholas Castellanos doubles (45) on a line drive to right fielder Adam Eaton. Victor Caratini scores.

EV: 98.6 mph281 ftLA: 17°

9-3

Anthony Rizzo singles on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Robles, deflected by shortstop Trea Turner. Nicholas Castellanos scores.

EV: 109.8 mph11 ftLA: -10°

WP:Strop

HBP:Suzuki (by Strop)

Inherited runners-scored:Strop 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Lester 95-59; Strop 20-11; Chatwood 15-9; Phelps 16-11; Cishek 19-13; Holland 24-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Lester 4-6; Strop 1-0; Chatwood 1-1; Phelps 0-1; Cishek 1-1; Holland 0-1

Bench
Jason HeywardCF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.264/.347/.448	95.8	.193	.175
Kris Bryant3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.284/.383/.528	97.9	.047	.088
Javier BáezSS	2	0	0	0	0	0	.281/.313/.533	90.1	.076	.077
Jon LesterP	1	0	0	0	0	0	.189/.268/.297	82.9	.051	.046

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Batting

Washington Nationals

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Washington Nationals

Chicago Cubs

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