Washington at Chi Cubs — MLB September 5, 2025

5 – 11

Final

Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	0
CHC	5	1	0	2	0	2	0	1		11	10	0

Decisions

Win J. Assad CHC

5.1 IP · 3 H · 4 ER · 4 K · 4.62 ERA

Loss J. Irvin WAS

3.1 IP · 5 H · 7 ER · 2 K · 5.71 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	WAS	CHC
Bottom 1st Pete Crow-Armstrong hit sacrifice fly, Ian Happ scored	0	1
Bottom 1st Nico Hoerner doubled to left center, Seiya Suzuki scored	0	2
Bottom 1st Dansby Swanson homered (443 ft.) to deep center, Willi Castro scored, Nico Hoerner scored	0	5
Bottom 2nd Reese McGuire homered (403 ft.) to deep right center	0	6
Top 4th Luis García Jr. homered (422 ft.) to deep right center, Daylen Lile scored	2	6
Bottom 4th Willi Castro doubled to left, Nico Hoerner to third, Pete Crow-Armstrong scored, Ian Happ scored	2	8
Top 6th Daylen Lile tripled to deep left center, Josh Bell scored, CJ Abrams scored	4	8
Top 6th Luis García Jr. hit sacrifice fly, Daylen Lile scored	5	8
Bottom 6th Pete Crow-Armstrong hit sacrifice fly, Ian Happ scored	5	9
Bottom 6th Nico Hoerner homered (387 ft.) to deep left center	5	10
Bottom 8th Ian Happ homered (443 ft.) to deep center	5	11

Box score

Washington

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Wood LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.256
C. Abrams SS	4	1	1	0	0	2	.265
J. Bell DH	3	1	1	0	1	0	.225
D. Lile RF	4	2	2	2	0	1	.275
L. García Jr. 2B	3	1	1	3	0	0	.260
A. Chaparro 1B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.176
R. Adams C	3	0	1	0	1	1	.203
R. Hassell III CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.226
B. House 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.240
Totals		5	6		2	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Irvin L	3.1	5	7	7	4	2	79
O. Ribalta	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	23
S. Ogasawara	2.0	1	2	2	1	0	29
J. Rutledge	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	10
K. Pilkington	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	25

Chi Cubs

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Busch 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.257
I. Happ LF	2	4	1	1	3	0	.239
S. Suzuki DH	4	1	1	0	1	1	.244
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	3	1	2	2	0	1	.253
N. Hoerner 2B	4	2	2	2	1	0	.290
W. Castro RF	3	1	1	2	1	0	.231
D. Swanson SS	4	1	1	3	1	0	.247
M. Shaw 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	.229
R. McGuire C	4	1	2	1	0	0	.230
Totals		11	10		8	5