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March 26, 2026 · NL Cent

Washington Nationals vs Chicago Cubs

March 26, 2026Wrigley FieldCloudy 49°F · 22 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Washington Nationals
1-0
10
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
0-1
4

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T2 Joey Wiemer Joey Wiemer homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. WSH 1, CHC 0
B3 Michael Busch Michael Busch singles on a fly ball to left fielder James Wood. Dansby Swanson scores. WSH 1, CHC 1
B3 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong singles on a ground ball to right fielder Joey Wiemer. Michael Busch scores. Alex Bregman out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Joey Wiemer to catcher Keibert Ruiz to third baseman Brady House. WSH 1, CHC 2
T4 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Matt Shaw. Andrés Chaparro scores. Brady House to 3rd. WSH 2, CHC 2
T4 CJ Abrams Nationals challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: CJ Abrams singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Matt Shaw. Brady House scores. Daylen Lile scores. CJ Abrams out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder Matt Shaw to second baseman Nico Hoerner to shortstop Dansby Swanson. Joey Wiemer to 3rd. WSH 4, CHC 2
T4 Nasim Nuñez Nasim Nuñez grounds out, shortstop Dansby Swanson to first baseman Michael Busch. Joey Wiemer scores. WSH 5, CHC 2
T4 Jacob Young Jacob Young homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Keibert Ruiz scores. WSH 7, CHC 2
B4 Dansby Swanson Dansby Swanson grounds out, second baseman Nasim Nuñez to first baseman Andrés Chaparro. Nico Hoerner scores. Carson Kelly to 3rd. WSH 7, CHC 3
T6 Jacob Young Jacob Young flies out to right fielder Matt Shaw. WSH 8, CHC 3
B7 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Brady House. Michael Busch scores. Alex Bregman to 2nd. WSH 8, CHC 4
T9 Brady House Brady House homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Luis García Jr. scores. WSH 10, CHC 4

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 010601002 10
CHC 002100100 4

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Nationals AWAY 10

Cade Cavalli started for Nationals, leaving with a 7–3 lead. Out of the bullpen, Brad Lord took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Cade Cavalli Starter 3.2 75 3 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Cade Cavalli threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 65% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 29 39% 2 8 9 7 3
    Knuckle Curve 21 28% 1 5 2 9 4
    Sinker 10 13% 0 2 2 5 1
    Sweeper 9 12% 1 1 0 6 1
    Changeup 6 8% 2 1 1 2 0
  • PJ Poulin Middle 1.0 24 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Brad Lord Middle 2.1 47 1 1 W inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Clayton Beeter Middle 1.0 24 0 1
  • Cionel Pérez Reliever 1.0 12 0 2
Cubs HOME 4

Matthew Boyd started for Cubs, leaving trailing 2–7. Out of the bullpen, Ben Brown took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Matthew Boyd Starter 3.2 63 6 7 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Matthew Boyd threw
    CSW 41% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 42 67% 12 3 8 14 5
    Slider 8 13% 4 0 1 1 2
    Changeup 8 13% 2 2 1 1 2
    Curveball 5 8% 0 3 0 2 0
  • Ben Brown Middle 3.1 49 2 3 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Hoby Milner Middle 1.0 11 0 0
  • Jacob Webb Middle 1.0 15 2 2

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 4th · off Boyd
  • Abrams 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood LF 5 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
Luis García Jr. 1B 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Brady House 3B 5 2 2 2 0 2 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 HR (1)
Daylen Lile DH 5 1 1 1 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
Joey Wiemer RF 3 2 3 1 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 HR (1)
CJ Abrams SS 4 0 1 2 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Nasim Nuñez 2B 2 1 0 1 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 SB
Keibert Ruiz C 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Jacob Young CF 4 1 1 2 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 HR (1)
Andrés Chaparro 1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 2B
HOME · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Michael Busch 1B 4 2 3 1 1 0 .750 .800 1.250 2.050 2 2B
Alex Bregman 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650
Ian Happ LF 5 0 1 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 5 0 2 2 0 2 .400 .400 .400 .800
Nico Hoerner 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Carson Kelly C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Moisés Ballesteros DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250
Dansby Swanson SS 2 1 0 1 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Michael Conforto RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Matt Shaw RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Cade Cavalli 3.2 3 3 2 3 5 0 75 4.91
PJ Poulin 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 0.00
Brad Lord 2.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 47 3.86 W
Clayton Beeter 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 24 0.00
Cionel Pérez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0.00
HOME · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Matthew Boyd 3.2 6 6 6 1 7 1 63 14.73 L
Ben Brown 3.1 3 2 2 1 3 1 49 5.40
Hoby Milner 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00
Jacob Webb 1.0 1 2 0 0 2 1 15 0.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
Blake Butera
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
Craig Counsell
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · CHC
5-3 ?2 +17 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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