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August 12, 2026 · NL East

Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals

August 12, 2026Nationals ParkCloudy 86°F · 6 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
71-50
12
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
59-63
6

Game Highlights

Published August 12, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B2 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Pedro Ramírez. Harry Ford scores. Andrew Pinckney to 3rd. Jacob Young to 2nd. CHC 0, WSH 1
T5 Pete Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong doubles (24) on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Crews. Pedro Ramírez scores. Dansby Swanson to 3rd. CHC 1, WSH 1
T5 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Dansby Swanson scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores. CHC 4, WSH 1
B5 Harry Ford Harry Ford doubles (5) on a ground ball to left fielder Tyrone Taylor. Brady House scores. CHC 4, WSH 2
B5 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile singles on a line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Harry Ford scores. Andrew Pinckney scores. Jacob Young to 3rd. CHC 4, WSH 4
T6 Dansby Swanson Dansby Swanson doubles (16) on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Ian Happ scores. Pedro Ramírez to 3rd. CHC 5, WSH 4
T6 Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki singles on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Pedro Ramírez scores. Dansby Swanson scores. CHC 7, WSH 4
T6 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Seiya Suzuki scores. CHC 9, WSH 4
B6 Abimelec Ortiz Abimelec Ortiz homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. CHC 9, WSH 5
T8 Dansby Swanson Dansby Swanson homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. CHC 10, WSH 5
T8 Alex Bregman Alex Bregman homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. Seiya Suzuki scores. CHC 12, WSH 5
B9 José Tena José Tena homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. CHC 12, WSH 6

Box score

  123456789 R
CHC 000045030 12
WSH 010031000 5

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 12

David Peterson started for Cubs, leaving with the game tied 4–4. Out of the bullpen, Javier Assad took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • David Peterson Starter 5.0 90 4 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what David Peterson threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 56% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 32 36% 5 2 8 13 4
    Sinker 18 20% 2 1 5 4 6
    Slider 18 20% 2 3 6 5 2
    Changeup 14 16% 1 5 0 5 3
    Curveball 8 9% 1 0 0 4 3
  • Javier Assad Reliever 4.0 66 2 2 SV
Nationals HOME 6

Jackson Kent started for Nationals, leaving with a 1–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Tom Cosgrove took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jackson Kent Starter 4.0 78 3 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jackson Kent threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 16% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 34 44% 0 5 7 19 3
    Slider 19 24% 1 5 3 8 2
    Changeup 17 22% 3 1 1 9 3
    Curveball 8 10% 0 2 1 5 0
  • Jake Bird Middle 1.1 25 1 1 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Tom Cosgrove Middle 0.1 17 3 1 L
  • Yovanny Cruz Middle 0.1 13 2 0 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Trevor Williams Middle 3.0 63 3 3

Where the game turned

1 run Top 6th · off Cosgrove
  • Swanson 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF 6 1 1 1 0 3 .284 .384 .544 .928 2B
Seiya Suzuki RF 4 2 2 2 1 1 .273 .364 .480 .844
Alex Bregman DH 3 3 3 7 2 0 .256 .347 .412 .759 3 HR (14, 15, 16)
Carson Kelly C 4 0 0 0 1 2 .261 .346 .373 .719
Michael Busch 1B 5 0 1 0 0 2 .245 .353 .389 .742
Nico Hoerner 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .262 .322 .365 .687
Ian Happ LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .218 .327 .419 .746
Pedro Ramírez 3B 4 2 2 0 1 1 .302 .359 .448 .807 2B, 2 SB
Dansby Swanson SS 4 3 2 2 1 1 .216 .297 .406 .703 HR (18), 2B
Tyrone Taylor LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .238 .291 .475 .766
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Dylan Crews RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .287 .366 .653
Abimelec Ortiz 1B 2 1 1 1 0 0 .308 .333 .692 1.025 HR (3)
Brady House 3B 5 1 1 0 0 1 .236 .288 .396 .684 SB
CJ Abrams SS 3 0 0 0 2 3 .284 .358 .544 .902 SB
Harry Ford C 5 2 2 1 0 0 .227 .333 .477 .810 2B
José Tena LF 1 1 1 1 0 0 .239 .314 .394 .708 HR (6)
Jacob Young CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 .248 .313 .407 .720
Daylen Lile DH 4 0 2 3 0 1 .247 .296 .417 .713 SB
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .230 .315 .267 .582
Andrés Chaparro 1B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .225 .347 .480 .827
Andrew Pinckney LF 2 1 1 0 1 0 .333 .429 .833 1.262

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
David Peterson 5.0 9 4 3 3 6 0 90 5.35 W
Javier Assad 4.0 2 2 2 1 2 2 66 3.59 SV
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Jackson Kent 4.0 3 3 3 5 6 0 78 6.75
Jake Bird 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 25 5.79
Tom Cosgrove 0.1 2 3 1 0 1 0 17 3.27 L
Yovanny Cruz 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 1 13 4.50
Trevor Williams 3.0 5 3 3 0 3 2 63 2.38

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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