Cubs Surge with Power & Pitching | Washington Nationals News

The Cubs are on fire, sitting 20 games over .500 with 42 to play, and just crushed the Nationals 8-6 in a home run-filled slugfest. Three homers apiece, but Chicago clawed back from an early deficit and kept scoring inning after inning. They’re now 4.5 games behind the Brewers for the NL Central lead and hold a 6.5-game edge on the Wild Card. Their last 10 games? Eight wins. Shota Imanaga gave up three homers but kept it close, while Pete Crow-Armstrong, Alex Bregman, and Seiya Suzuki all went deep — Suzuki’s blast put them up 8-4 late. The bullpen shut down the Nationals over 3.3 innings, led by Ryan Rolison, Trent Thornton, and Jacob Webb (who nailed down the save). And the pitching staff is healing: Edward Cabrera tossed five no-hit innings in rehab, with Ben Brown and Shelby Miller also inching back. The Cubs are hitting their stride at the perfect time. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/fb58d92dc326461f