Chi Cubs at Washington — MLB August 12, 2026

12 – 6

Final

Nationals Park, Washington, DC

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHC	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	3	0	12	13	2
WAS	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	6	11	1

Decisions

Win D. Peterson CHC

5.0 IP · 9 H · 3 ER · 6 K · 5.35 ERA

Loss T. Cosgrove WAS

0.1 IP · 2 H · 1 ER · 1 K · 3.27 ERA

Save J. Assad CHC

4.0 IP · 2 H · 2 ER · 2 K · 3.59 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CHC	WAS
Bottom 2nd Daylen Lile singles on a soft ground ball to third baseman Pedro Ramírez. Harry Ford scores. Andrew Pinckney to 3rd. Jacob Young to 2nd.	0	1
Top 5th Pete Crow-Armstrong doubles (24) on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Crews. Pedro Ramírez scores. Dansby Swanson to 3rd.	1	1
Top 5th Alex Bregman homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field. Dansby Swanson scores. Pete Crow-Armstrong scores.	4	1
Bottom 5th Harry Ford doubles (5) on a ground ball to left fielder Tyrone Taylor. Brady House scores.	4	2
Bottom 5th Daylen Lile singles on a line drive to right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Harry Ford scores. Andrew Pinckney scores. Jacob Young to 3rd.	4	4
Top 6th Dansby Swanson doubles (16) on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Ian Happ scores. Pedro Ramírez to 3rd.	5	4
Top 6th Seiya Suzuki singles on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Pedro Ramírez scores. Dansby Swanson scores.	7	4
Top 6th Alex Bregman homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Seiya Suzuki scores.	9	4
Bottom 6th Abimelec Ortiz homers (3) on a fly ball to right field.	9	5
Top 8th Dansby Swanson homers (18) on a fly ball to center field.	10	5
Top 8th Alex Bregman homers (16) on a fly ball to left center field. Seiya Suzuki scores.	12	5
Bottom 9th José Tena homers (6) on a fly ball to center field.	12	6

Closing line

Box score

Chi Cubs

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	6	1	1	1	0	3	.284
S. Suzuki RF	4	2	2	2	1	1	.273
A. Bregman DH	3	3	3	7	2	0	.256
C. Kelly C	4	0	0	0	1	2	.261
M. Busch 1B	5	0	1	0	0	2	.245
N. Hoerner 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.262
T. Taylor LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.238
I. Happ PH-LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	.218
P. Ramirez 3B	4	2	2	0	1	1	.302
D. Swanson SS	4	3	2	2	1	1	.216
Totals		12	13		6	11

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
D. Peterson W	5.0	9	4	3	3	6	90
J. Assad S	4.0	2	2	2	1	2	66

Washington

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
D. Crews RF	5	0	0	0	0	1	.214
A. Chaparro 1B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.225
A. Ortiz PH-1B	2	1	1	1	0	0	.308
B. House 3B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.236
C. Abrams SS	3	0	0	0	2	3	.284
H. Ford C	5	2	2	1	0	0	.227
A. Pinckney LF	2	1	1	0	1	0	.333
J. Tena PH-LF	1	1	1	1	0	0	.239
J. Young CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	.248
D. Lile DH	4	0	2	3	0	1	.247
N. Nuñez 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.230
Totals		6	11		4	8

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Kent	4.0	3	3	3	5	6	78
J. Bird	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	25
T. Cosgrove L	0.1	2	3	1	0	1	17
Y. Cruz	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	13
T. Williams	3.0	5	3	3	0	3	63