Cubs 4, Nationals 2

Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Thomas rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .239

Hernndz 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .241

Voit dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .230

Meneses 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .348

Hernndz lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .269

a-Cruz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .235

2-Palacios lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

Franco 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .229

Robles cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229

Vargas ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250

Barrera c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .185

b-Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .246

Totals 35 2 9 2 1 12

Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Ortega cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .231

Happ lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .276

Reyes dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .375

Suzuki rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249

Hoerner ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .300

McKnstry 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .152

Gomes c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .229

1-Wisdom 1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .220

Higgins 1b-c 2 1 0 0 1 0 .281

Madrigal 2b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .236

Totals 31 4 9 4 1 5

Washington 001 001 000—2 9 1 Chicago 000 000 40x—4 9 0

a-singled for Hernandez in the 8th; b-struck out for Barrera in the 9th; 1-ran for Gomes in the 7th; 2-ran for Cruz in the 8th.

E: Robles (6); LOB: Washington 7, Chicago 6; 2B: Hernandez (23), Madrigal (4); HR: Meneses (4), off Steele, Hoerner (7), off Gray; RBIs: Hernandez (24), Meneses (6), Hoerner (37), Madrigal (3), Ortega (26), Happ (47); CS: Thomas (3); SF: Ortega; S: Hernandez; Runners left in scoring position: Washington 4 (Franco, Voit, Barrera 2), Chicago 2 (Wisdom, Happ); RISP: Washington 1 for 7, Chicago 2 for 5; Runners moved up: Ortega, McKinstry; GIDP: Gomes; DP: Washington 1 (Vargas, Hernandez, Meneses), Chicago 1 (Gomes, McKinstry, Gomes).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Gray 6 1/3 7 2 2 0 5 96 4.81

Cishek 1/3 1 2 1 1 0 15 3.94

Edwards Jr. 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 6 3.32

Arano 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.29

Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Steele 6 8 2 2 0 9 94 3.63

Rucker 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.25

Hughes 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 14 3.31

Wick 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 15 4.02

W: Rucker 1-1; L: Cishek 1-3;

SV: Wick 6.

Inherited runners-scored: Cishek 1-1, Edwards Jr. 1-1, Wick 1-0; HBP: Arano (Suzuki); Umpires: Home, Mike Muchlinski, First, Charlie Ramos. Second, Jim Reynolds. Third, John Libka; T: 2:45; A: 29,019 (41,649).