Chicago Cubs 0, Washington Nationals 7 — August 13, 2026

Game Highlights

Published August 13, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
B4	Dylan Crews	Dylan Crews doubles (11) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Abimelec Ortiz scores.	CHC 0, WSH 1
B5	Andrew Pinckney	Andrew Pinckney out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Jorbit Vivas scores.	CHC 0, WSH 2
B5	Abimelec Ortiz	Abimelec Ortiz homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. Andrés Chaparro scores. CJ Abrams scores.	CHC 0, WSH 5
B5	Daylen Lile	Daylen Lile singles on a line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Dylan Crews scores.	CHC 0, WSH 6
B8	Jorbit Vivas	Jorbit Vivas singles on a line drive to left fielder Ian Happ. Daylen Lile scores. Brady House to 2nd.	CHC 0, WSH 7

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WSH	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	7

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 0

Kevin Gausman started for Cubs, leaving trailing 0–6. Out of the bullpen, Aaron Civale took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Kevin Gausman Starter 4.2 93 6 7 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Kevin Gausman threw

CSW 29% 1st-pitch strike 64% 4.2 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	44	47%	1	12	12	9	10
Splitter	43	46%	8	3	10	19	3
Slider	6	6%	2	1	1	1	1

Aaron Civale Reliever 3.1 37 1 1 inherited 1, stranded 1

Nationals HOME 7

Cade Cavalli started for Nationals, leaving with a 6–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Cade Cavalli Starter 8.0 103 0 10 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Cade Cavalli threw

CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 50% 4.0 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Knuckle Curve	32	31%	3	8	5	14	2
Sweeper	24	23%	5	9	2	6	2
Four-Seam Fastball	23	22%	2	2	5	10	4
Cutter	9	9%	0	0	2	4	3
Changeup	8	8%	2	1	1	3	1
Sinker	7	7%	1	1	0	3	2

Clayton Beeter Closer 1.0 11 0 1

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 4th · off Gausman

Crews 2B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · CHC

BATTER	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Pete Crow-Armstrong CF	4	0	0	3	.281	.381	.539	.920
Tyrone Taylor PH	1	0	0	0	.236	.289	.472	.761
Alex Bregman 3B	3	0	0	1	.254	.345	.409	.754
Ian Happ LF	3	0	0	1	.216	.325	.416	.741
Pedro Ramírez 1B	3	0	0	1	.294	.351	.437	.788
Dansby Swanson SS	1	0	2	1	.215	.300	.405	.705
Michael Conforto DH	3	0	0	2	.230	.321	.443	.764
Miguel Amaya C	3	0	0	1	.238	.344	.363	.707
Seiya Suzuki RF	3	0	0	1	.271	.362	.476	.838
Michael Busch 1B	3	1	0	0	.245	.353	.388	.741

HOME · WSH

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
CJ Abrams SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	.284	.357	.541	.898
Abimelec Ortiz 1B	4	2	2	3	0	1	.333	.355	.767	1.122	HR (4)
Dylan Crews RF	4	1	2	1	0	1	.218	.290	.372	.662	2B, SB
Daylen Lile LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.249	.298	.418	.716
Brady House 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.236	.288	.394	.682
Jorbit Vivas 2B	3	1	1	1	1	1	.243	.335	.330	.665
Andrés Chaparro DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	.226	.344	.472	.816
Keibert Ruiz C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.275	.311	.439	.750
Andrew Pinckney CF	2	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.300	.625	.925

Pitching lines

AWAY · CHC

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Kevin Gausman	4.2	7	6	6	1	7	1	93	4.53	L
Aaron Civale	3.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	37	5.05

HOME · WSH

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	NP	ERA	DEC
Cade Cavalli	8.0	1	0	0	2	10	0	103	3.36	W
Clayton Beeter	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	3.65

Manager comparison

AWAY · CHC

Craig Counsell

Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 1.8 R

HOME · WSH

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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