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August 11, 2026 · NL East

Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals

August 11, 2026Nationals ParkPartly Cloudy 87°F · 7 mph, L To R
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
70-50
8
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
59-62
6

Game Highlights

Published August 11, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams homers (29) on a fly ball to right field. Brady House scores. CHC 0, WSH 2
T2 Nico Hoerner Nico Hoerner out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Dylan Crews. Alex Bregman scores. CHC 1, WSH 2
B2 Jacob Young Jacob Young homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. CHC 1, WSH 3
T3 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong homers (27) on a fly ball to right field. CHC 2, WSH 3
T4 Michael Conforto Michael Conforto out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jacob Young. Ian Happ scores. Nico Hoerner to 3rd. CHC 3, WSH 3
T4 Carson Kelly Carson Kelly reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Nasim Nuñez. Nico Hoerner scores. CHC 4, WSH 3
T4 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Pinckney. Carson Kelly scores. Dansby Swanson to 3rd. CHC 5, WSH 3
T5 Dansby Swanson Dansby Swanson walks. Alex Bregman scores. Nico Hoerner to 3rd. Michael Conforto to 2nd. CHC 6, WSH 3
B5 Dylan Crews Dylan Crews homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. CHC 6, WSH 4
T6 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman homers (13) on a fly ball to left field. CHC 7, WSH 4
T8 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki homers (20) on a fly ball to center field. CHC 8, WSH 4
B8 Jorbit Vivas Nationals challenged (trap play), call on the field was overturned: Jorbit Vivas singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Brady House scores. CHC 8, WSH 5
B8 Nasim Nuñez Nasim Nuñez singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Harry Ford scores. Jorbit Vivas to 2nd. CHC 8, WSH 6

Box score

  123456789 R
CHC 011311010 8
WSH 210010020 6

Pitching & bullpen

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

Cubs AWAY 8

Shota Imanaga started for Cubs, leaving with a 6–4 lead. Out of the bullpen, Ryan Zeferjahn took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Shota Imanaga Starter 4.2 86 4 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Shota Imanaga threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 33 38% 4 5 7 11 6
    Splitter 32 37% 6 0 8 14 4
    Sweeper 19 22% 3 1 5 5 5
    Curveball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
    Sinker 1 1% 0 1 0 0 0
  • Ryan Rolison Middle 1.1 16 0 1 W inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Trent Thornton Middle 1.0 10 0 2 HLD
  • Ryan Zeferjahn Setup 0.2 23 2 0
  • Jacob Webb Middle 1.1 20 0 2 SV inherited 2, stranded 2
Nationals HOME 6

Jake Irvin started for Nationals, leaving trailing 3–5. Out of the bullpen, Max Kranick took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jake Irvin Starter 3.1 88 5 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jake Irvin threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 78% 4.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 39 44% 3 4 12 13 7
    Sweeper 17 19% 0 4 6 7 0
    Sinker 15 17% 2 3 4 3 3
    Curveball 7 8% 1 2 2 2 0
    Cutter 5 6% 0 0 0 5 0
    Changeup 5 6% 1 0 1 2 1
  • Tom Cosgrove Middle 0.2 10 0 1 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Max Kranick Middle 1.0 35 1 0
  • Orlando Ribalta Setup 1.0 15 1 0
  • Miles Mikolas Reliever 3.0 39 1 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 4th · off Irvin
  • Kelly Fielders Choice (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 5 1 1 1 0 1 .285 .386 .546 .932 HR (27)
Seiya Suzuki RF 5 1 2 2 0 1 .271 .362 .479 .841 HR (20), 2B
Michael Busch 1B 5 0 0 0 0 1 .245 .354 .391 .745
Alex Bregman 3B 4 3 2 1 1 1 .251 .341 .388 .729 HR (13)
Ian Happ LF 3 1 1 0 2 0 .217 .327 .420 .747
Nico Hoerner 2B 3 1 2 1 0 0 .262 .323 .367 .690 2B, SB
Michael Conforto DH 3 0 0 1 1 2 .233 .325 .450 .775
Carson Kelly C 5 1 1 1 0 0 .264 .348 .379 .727
Dansby Swanson SS 2 0 0 1 1 1 .213 .294 .395 .689
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Dylan Crews CF 5 1 1 1 0 2 .218 .292 .374 .666 HR (10)
Abimelec Ortiz 1B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .292 .320 .583 .903
Brady House 3B 4 2 3 0 1 1 .237 .290 .401 .691
CJ Abrams SS 5 1 1 2 0 1 .286 .358 .547 .905 HR (29)
Harry Ford C 4 1 1 0 0 2 .205 .326 .462 .788 2B
Daylen Lile RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .295 .416 .711
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .230 .315 .267 .582
José Tena LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .308 .377 .685
Andrés Chaparro 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .230 .347 .490 .837
Jacob Young CF 3 1 2 1 0 0 .245 .312 .407 .719 HR (10), 2B
Jorbit Vivas PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 .242 .332 .330 .662
Andrew Pinckney LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Shota Imanaga 4.2 6 4 4 0 5 3 86 3.74
Ryan Rolison 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.28 W
Trent Thornton 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 2.65 HLD
Ryan Zeferjahn 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 23 3.93
Jacob Webb 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 2.38 SV
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jake Irvin 3.1 4 5 5 2 4 1 88 5.79 L
Tom Cosgrove 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.53
Max Kranick 1.0 2 1 1 2 0 0 35 8.68
Orlando Ribalta 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 15 3.50
Miles Mikolas 3.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 39 5.82

Manager comparison

AWAY · CHC
Craig Counsell
Craig Counsell
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 2.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · CHC
6-4 W2 +22 run diff
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HOME · WSH
6-4 L1 +4 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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