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Never invent or estimate stats. - If something isn't in the file, say so plainly. - When you make a claim, name the section (and game/date) it came from. ============================================================================== # RECENT FORM + BOX SCORES — Chicago Cubs @ Washington Nationals Slate date: 2026-08-12 Generated: 2026-08-05 01:22:46 PM ET — all data is as of this moment Source: MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com) | Packaged by PNN Game Packs Depth: last 3 completed game(s) per team and last 3 start(s) per probable starter Size: ~3.5K tokens (est., chars/4) ============================================================================== ## GAME DETAILS - First pitch: 6:45 PM ET - Venue: Nationals Park (night game) - Series: Regular Season, game 2 of 3 - Away: Chicago Cubs [CHC] — record 65-49 (.570) Probable starter: TBD - Home: Washington Nationals [WSH] — record 55-60 (.478) Probable starter: TBD ## RECENT FORM — Chicago Cubs [CHC] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 2-1 in last 3 | scored 16 (5.3/gm), allowed 8 (2.7/gm), combined 24 (8.0/gm) ### 2026-08-04 — W 5-1 vs Los Angeles Dodgers Innings: LAD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | CHC 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 x R/H/E: LAD 1/4/0 — CHC 5/9/0 Decisions: W: Ryan Rolison | L: Tarik Skubal Conditions: Weather: 83 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 8 mph, Out To CF. | First pitch: 7:05 PM. | T: 2:32. | Att: 40,584. LAD batting: 1 R, 4 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 8 LOB Shohei Ohtani (DH): 1-4 | avg .293 Andy Pages (CF): 0-4 | avg .268 Freddie Freeman (1B): 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .310 Max Muncy (3B): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .253 Mookie Betts (SS): 0-3 | avg .223 Kyle Tucker (RF): 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .243 Teoscar Hernández (LF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .256 Tommy Edman (2B): 0-3 | avg .293 Ben Rortvedt (C): 0-2 | avg .000 Alex Call (PH): 0-1 | avg .246 LAD pitching: Tarik Skubal: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 85 pitches | season ERA 2.81 Alex Vesia: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 3.03 Evan Phillips: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 8 pitches | season ERA 5.19 Edwin Díaz: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 9.35 Jack Dreyer: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 3 pitches | season ERA 2.96 CHC batting: 5 R, 9 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 8 K, 2 SB, 13 LOB Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 2 SB | avg .284 Seiya Suzuki (RF): 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB | avg .274 Alex Bregman (DH): 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B | avg .246 Michael Busch (1B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .241 Nico Hoerner (2B): 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI | avg .258 Tyrone Taylor (LF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .236 Ian Happ (LF): 0-0, 1 BB | avg .215 Dansby Swanson (SS): 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .219 Pedro Ramírez (3B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .295 Miguel Amaya (C): 0-4, 2 K | avg .233 CHC pitching: Javier Assad: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 88 pitches | season ERA 3.58 Ryan Rolison: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 2.40 Tyler Ferguson: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 pitches | season ERA 6.00 Ryan Zeferjahn: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 9 pitches | season ERA 3.59 Jacob Webb: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.54 ### 2026-08-03 — W 10-5 vs Los Angeles Dodgers Innings: LAD 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 | CHC 2 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 x R/H/E: LAD 5/10/1 — CHC 10/10/1 Decisions: W: Matthew Boyd | L: Justin Wrobleski Conditions: Weather: 76 degrees, Clear. | Wind: 10 mph, In From RF. | First pitch: 7:05 PM. | T: 2:40. | Att: 39,384. LAD batting: 5 R, 10 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 1 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 8 LOB Shohei Ohtani (DH): 2-4, 1 R | avg .294 Andy Pages (CF): 1-4, 1 R | avg .270 Tommy Edman (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K | avg .300 Freddie Freeman (1B): 1-4, 1 K | avg .309 Mookie Betts (SS): 0-4 | avg .226 Kyle Tucker (RF): 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .240 Teoscar Hernández (LF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .259 Enrique Hernández (3B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .313 Alex Call (PH): 0-1 | avg .248 Eliezer Alfonzo (C): 1-3 | avg .185 LAD pitching: Justin Wrobleski: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 91 pitches | season ERA 3.31 Edgardo Henriquez: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 30 pitches | season ERA 3.27 Tanner Scott: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 2.38 Jonathan Hernández: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 28 pitches | season ERA 7.32 CHC batting: 10 R, 10 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 7 BB, 10 K, 1 SB, 12 LOB Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF): 1-4, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .282 Seiya Suzuki (RF): 1-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB | avg .273 Alex Bregman (DH): 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K | avg .246 Carson Kelly (C): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB | avg .260 Michael Busch (1B): 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K | avg .243 Nico Hoerner (2B): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .256 Pedro Ramírez (3B): 1-4, 2 K | avg .307 Dansby Swanson (SS): 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB | avg .214 Kevin Alcántara (LF): 1-1, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB | avg .238 Ian Happ (LF): 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .215 CHC pitching: Matthew Boyd: 6.2 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 92 pitches | season ERA 3.59 Trent Thornton: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 22 pitches | season ERA 2.86 Jake Woodford: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 7.18 ### 2026-08-02 — L 1-2 vs New York Yankees Innings: NYY 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 | CHC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 R/H/E: NYY 2/5/0 — CHC 1/4/1 Decisions: W: Gerrit Cole | L: Colin Rea | SV: David Bednar Conditions: Weather: 71 degrees, Overcast. | Wind: 13 mph, In From LF. | First pitch: 1:20 PM. | T: 2:49. | Att: 40,057. NYY batting: 2 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 9 K, 0 SB, 11 LOB Trent Grisham (CF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .211 Ben Rice (1B): 0-4, 3 K | avg .266 Amed Rosario (DH): 1-4, 1 K | avg .236 Spencer Jones (LF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .237 Jasson Domínguez (RF): 1-4, 1 K | avg .230 Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .220 Ryan McMahon (3B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .207 José Caballero (SS): 2-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI | avg .244 Austin Wells (C): 0-1, 1 BB | avg .161 Paul Goldschmidt (PH): 0-1 | avg .246 NYY pitching: Gerrit Cole: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 99 pitches | season ERA 3.42 Brent Headrick: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 1.42 Paul Blackburn: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 2.08 David Bednar: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 2.61 CHC batting: 1 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 6 BB, 10 K, 3 SB, 21 LOB Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF): 0-1, 3 BB | avg .282 Seiya Suzuki (RF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .273 Michael Busch (1B): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .241 Justin Dean (PR): 0-0, 1 SB | avg .375 Alex Bregman (3B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .247 Ian Happ (LF): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .216 Nico Hoerner (2B): 1-4, 1 SB | avg .257 Pedro Ramírez (DH): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .309 Dansby Swanson (SS): 0-4, 1 K | avg .210 Miguel Amaya (C): 0-3, 2 K | avg .239 Michael Conforto (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .231 CHC pitching: Colin Rea: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 87 pitches | season ERA 4.59 Ryan Rolison: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 30 pitches | season ERA 2.45 Aaron Civale: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 5.22 ## RECENT FORM — Washington Nationals [WSH] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 0-3 in last 3 | scored 5 (1.7/gm), allowed 15 (5.0/gm), combined 20 (6.7/gm) ### 2026-08-04 — L 0-5 @ Philadelphia Phillies Innings: WSH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | PHI 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 x R/H/E: WSH 0/5/0 — PHI 5/11/0 Decisions: W: Jesús Luzardo | L: Carson Palmquist Conditions: Weather: 84 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 4 mph, Out To CF. | First pitch: 6:42 PM. | T: 2:15. | Att: 38,731. WSH batting: 0 R, 5 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 BB, 9 K, 0 SB, 14 LOB Dylan Crews (RF): 0-4 | avg .222 Andrés Chaparro (1B): 0-4, 2 K | avg .207 Brady House (3B): 1-3, 1 K | avg .232 Abimelec Ortiz (PH): 0-1 | avg .333 CJ Abrams (DH): 2-4, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .286 Harry Ford (C): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .185 Jacob Young (CF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .233 José Tena (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .239 Daylen Lile (LF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .246 Nasim Nuñez (SS): 1-2, 1 BB | avg .238 Jorbit Vivas (2B): 0-3 | avg .237 WSH pitching: Carson Palmquist: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 7.71 Zack Littell: 6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 93 pitches | season ERA 4.97 Trevor Williams: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 21 pitches | season ERA 0.00 PHI batting: 5 R, 11 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 SB, 13 LOB Kyle Schwarber (DH): 0-4 | avg .243 Trea Turner (SS): 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI | avg .252 Bryce Harper (RF): 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K | avg .254 Luis Arraez (2B): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI | avg .325 Alec Bohm (1B): 1-3, 1 RBI | avg .227 J.T. Realmuto (C): 0-4, 2 K | avg .222 Brandon Marsh (LF): 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI | avg .279 Bryson Stott (3B): 2-4, 1 2B | avg .255 Justin Crawford (CF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .264 PHI pitching: Jesús Luzardo: 8.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 98 pitches | season ERA 3.36 Caleb Kilian: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 4.17 ### 2026-08-03 — L 3-6 @ Philadelphia Phillies Innings: WSH 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 x R/H/E: WSH 3/6/0 — PHI 6/5/1 Decisions: W: Kyle Backhus | L: Tom Cosgrove | SV: Jhoan Duran Conditions: Weather: 89 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 7 mph, L To R. | First pitch: 6:41 PM. | T: 2:38. | Att: 41,115. WSH batting: 3 R, 6 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 10 K, 1 SB, 13 LOB James Wood (RF): 1-4, 1 K | avg .265 Abimelec Ortiz (1B): 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .400 Andrés Chaparro (1B): 0-1, 1 K | avg .217 José Tena (DH): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .240 CJ Abrams (SS): 0-4, 3 K, 1 SB | avg .284 Keibert Ruiz (C): 2-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .265 Daylen Lile (LF): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI | avg .248 Nasim Nuñez (2B): 0-4, 2 K | avg .237 Jorbit Vivas (3B): 0-1, 1 BB | avg .240 Brady House (3B): 0-1, 1 HBP | avg .230 Jacob Young (CF): 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .235 WSH pitching: Andrew Alvarez: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 81 pitches | season ERA 3.94 Tom Cosgrove: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 3.52 Clayton Beeter: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 8 pitches | season ERA 4.09 Eddy Yean: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 1.80 PHI batting: 6 R, 5 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 5 BB, 6 K, 0 SB, 8 LOB Trea Turner (SS): 0-4, 1 K | avg .248 Kyle Schwarber (DH): 0-2, 2 BB, 2 K | avg .246 Justin Crawford (DH): 0-0, 1 R | avg .261 Bryce Harper (1B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K | avg .255 Alec Bohm (3B): 1-4 | avg .226 Bryan De La Cruz (RF): 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 HBP | avg .429 Bryson Stott (2B): 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .253 Edmundo Sosa (LF): 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .211 Brandon Marsh (LF): 0-1 | avg .279 Derek Hill (CF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI | avg .242 Garrett Stubbs (C): 0-3, 1 K | avg .147 PHI pitching: Aaron Nola: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 97 pitches | season ERA 5.55 Kyle Backhus: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 4.95 Orion Kerkering: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 21 pitches | season ERA 3.35 Jhoan Duran: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 1.93 ### 2026-08-02 — L 2-4 @ Atlanta Braves Innings: WSH 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 | ATL 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 x R/H/E: WSH 2/4/2 — ATL 4/7/0 Decisions: W: Dylan Dodd | L: Cade Cavalli | SV: Raisel Iglesias Conditions: Weather: 86 degrees, Partly Cloudy. | Wind: 8 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 1:36 PM. | T: 2:22. | Att: 27,143. WSH batting: 2 R, 4 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 5 BB, 11 K, 2 SB, 16 LOB James Wood (RF): 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .266 Daylen Lile (LF): 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .248 Dylan Crews (CF): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .226 CJ Abrams (SS): 0-4, 3 K | avg .287 Keibert Ruiz (C): 1-2, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .261 Harry Ford (C): 0-1 | avg .167 José Tena (DH): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .244 Nasim Nuñez (2B): 1-4, 2 K, 1 SB | avg .240 Jorbit Vivas (3B): 1-3, 1 BB | avg .241 Andrés Chaparro (1B): 0-1, 1 RBI, 1 HBP | avg .220 Brady House (1B): 0-2, 2 K | avg .231 WSH pitching: Cade Cavalli: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 90 pitches | season ERA 3.52 Orlando Ribalta: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 17 pitches | season ERA 3.58 Max Kranick: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 5 pitches | season ERA 9.53 ATL batting: 4 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 SB, 5 LOB Drake Baldwin (C): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .272 Ronald Acuña Jr. (DH): 1-4, 2 K | avg .240 Matt Olson (1B): 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .266 Michael Harris II (CF): 0-3 | avg .287 Ozzie Albies (2B): 1-3 | avg .263 Mauricio Dubón (LF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 SB | avg .261 Mike Yastrzemski (RF): 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI | avg .232 Austin Riley (3B): 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .216 Jim Jarvis (SS): 0-3, 1 K | avg .263 ATL pitching: JR Ritchie: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 81 pitches | season ERA 4.50 Dylan Dodd: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 2.14 Didier Fuentes: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 22 pitches | season ERA 2.49 Dylan Lee: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.12 Raisel Iglesias: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 17 pitches | season ERA 2.25 ============================================================================== End of packet. 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