Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
WSH 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 11 2 7
CHC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 4

Box Score

CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 4 0 0 0 0 2 .333
3B Bregman 4 2 2 2 0 0 .231
LF Happ 3 1 1 1 1 2 .231
CF Crow-Armstrong 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308
2B Hoerner 4 0 1 0 0 1 .182
C Kelly, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143
DH Ballesteros 4 0 0 0 0 1 .100
SS Swanson 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000
RF Conforto 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Imanaga 5.0 6 4 4 2 7 82-50 7.20
Maton, P 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 23-14 0.00
Harvey, H 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 10-7 0.00
Milner 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 17-12 9.00
Palencia, D 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 16-9 0.00
WSH AB R H RBI BB SO BA
DH Wood 4 0 0 0 1 2 .077
1B Chaparro 3 0 0 0 0 2 .333
1B García Jr., L 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250
3B House 5 1 2 0 0 1 .308
LF Lile 4 2 2 0 1 1 .333
RF Wiemer 3 1 3 3 1 0 1.000
SS Abrams 3 0 0 0 0 2 .143
2B Nuñez, N 4 1 1 0 0 1 .222
C Ruiz, K 3 1 1 3 0 0 .286
CF Young 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182
WSH IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Irvin, J 5.0 3 2 2 1 7 93-58 3.60
Poulin 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 14-8 0.00
Varland, G 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 9-7 0.00
Pérez, C 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 11-8 4.50
Beeter 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 6-6 0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T1 Joey Wiemer homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Brady House scores. Daylen Lile scores. 0-3
B4 Alex Bregman homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. 1-3
B4 Ian Happ homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. 2-3
T6 Keibert Ruiz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Daylen Lile scores. 2-4
T8 Keibert Ruiz homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Nasim Nuñez scores. 2-6
B8 Alex Bregman homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. 3-6

Highlights

Description Length
Jake Irvin against the Cubs 0:09
Probable pitchers for Nationals at Cubs – March 29, 2026 0:06
Bullpen availability for Chicago, March 29 vs Nationals 0:09
Bullpen availability for Washington, March 29 vs Cubs 0:09
Bench availability for Chicago, March 29 vs Nationals 0:08
Bench availability for Washington, March 29 vs Cubs 0:08
Starting lineups for Nationals at Cubs – March 29, 2026 0:10
The distance behind Joey Wiemer's home run 0:13
The distance behind Alex Bregman's home run 0:11
The distance behind Ian Happ's home run 0:11
Shota Imanaga's outing against the Nationals 0:22
Jake Irvin's outing against the Cubs 0:27
Joey Wiemer's three-run home run (2) 0:26
Shota Imanaga fans James Wood to open the game 0:06
Andrés Chaparro's sweet diving snag 0:12
Jake Irvin catches sharp comebacker 0:10
Joey Wiemer's first career triple 0:23
Alex Bregman's first homer with the Cubs 0:26
Ian Happ's solo home run (2) 0:29
Ball 2 is confirmed after ABS challenge 0:25
Alex Bregman, Ian Happ crush back-to-back homers 0:54
Ball 1 is overturned after ABS challenge 0:26
Strike 2 is confirmed after ABS challenge 0:26
Keibert Ruiz's sacrifice fly 0:20
Ball 1 is confirmed after ABS challenge 0:25
Jake Irvin strikes out Michael Busch 0:06
Jake Irvin collects seven K's vs. Cubs 1:52
Keibert Ruiz's two-run home run (1) 0:19
Pete Crow-Armstrong's sliding catch 0:11
Alex Bregman's second home run of the game (2) 0:20
Nasim Nuñez is safe at first after review 0:29
Daylen Lile doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Luis García Jr. out at home on the throw, center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong to shortstop Dansby Swanson to catcher Carson Kelly. 0:27
Clayton Beeter records the save in 6-3 win 0:09

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Irvin, J (1-0, 3.60 ERA) Imanaga (0-1, 7.20 ERA) Beeter (1 SV, 0.00 ERA)

Game ended at 3:56 PM.

35 comments

  4. ![gif](giphy|bcWHcQjdLqwBuUwnIz)

    Opening the season with a series loss to one of the worst teams in baseball over the past few years. Lovely start boys

  8. It’s March. Anyone who’s upset now is just looking for reasons to be miserable

  9. Booooo we gotta get our pitching figured out. Longggg season though, not going to overreact

  13. The universe gives us these little tests to grow our emotional intelligence

  15. it’s only march it’s only march it’s only march it’s only march it’s only march it’s only march it’s only march

  17. Turns out giving up a three run bomb in the first wasn’t a great strategy

  18. Meanwhile, Owen Cassie hit a walk off homer for his new team. We got Shaw and Conforto. Welp

  19. The issues with the offense and the rotation that appeared last year at the end are still extremely here.

  22. They’re definitely doomed, guys. Doomed, I tell you, DOOMED! DESPAIR FOR YOUR LIVES!

  23. Well, this definitely wasn’t the start to the season I anticipated when I saw the Cubs were facing the Nationals for three.

    This particular game here was frustrating in that the Cubs seemed to hit a lot of line drives for outs. And Shota’s one big mistake was after getting two quick outs and allowing two soft singles.

  24. Sucks to lose but the organ playing “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton is extremely funny

  26. Deserved what we got out of that game, sweet nothing

    Soundly and deservedly beaten 2 out of 3 and completely outplayed in both losses. Against this Nats pitching and lineup that’s some going, impressive stuff.

    Breggy the only real positive to take out of that game, but that’s better than nothing.

    Bad day at the office.

  27. Joey fucking Wiemer lit up Cubs pitching in this series. Not a good way to start the season against a rebuilding team. 3 of the 4 Cubs hits were solo home runs

  28. Tough loss. 3 HRs is good, 4 total hits is bad.

    Shōta was fine and even downright good for most of his outing. His stuff was on. Unfortunate bloop contact sequence for Wiemer’s HR to be a crooked number.

    Cubs had some nice hard contact that went right at gloves. Shit sucks, but happens.

    159 left. We’re gonna be fine. Take a breath. It’s March 29.

  30. idk if i just have a bad memory but i swear we always lose the first series of the season. i’m annoyed we lost such a winnable series but hopefully we can bounce back against the angels 

  34. They started 1-3 last year and lost 4 of their first 6.

    Overreacting to losing the opening series is dramatic. Baseball is a rollercoaster of ups and downs.

    Flush this series and go get ’em tomorrow.

  35. This is why I fuckin’ hate pre-season tournaments for all sports. Shit should always be done after the entire League is done for the year. So many players be getting dinged up or injured, like Suzuki, which now leaves us in avoidable scenarios like this where our team isn’t at 100%

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