hit the facade of the third deck<\/a>\u00a0in right field, traveling an estimated 437 feet.<\/p>\nBregman hit his 13th homer and finished 2 for 4 with three runs scored. Suzuki hit his 20th in the eighth inning to make it 8-4.<\/p>\n
The Cubs (70-50) improved to a season-best 20 games over .500. They were 34-34 on June 10 but have gone 36-16 since, and they have a commanding lead in the NL wild-card race.<\/p>\n
All-Star CJ Abrams hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Washington, his 29th, and Jacob Young went deep in the second, his 10th, to give the Nationals a 3-1 lead. Dylan Crews also hit his 10th homer for Washington.<\/p>\n
The Cubs scored in five consecutive innings, highlighted by a three-run fourth. Carson Kelly’s RBI grounder off Jake Irvin (2-6) put Chicago ahead 4-3.<\/p>\n
Shota Imanaga allowed three homers for the fourth time this season and could not get out of the fifth, departing with two outs and a 6-4 lead. Ryan Rolison (7-1) recorded the next four outs.<\/p>\n
After the Nationals got within 8-6 in the eighth with two runs against Ryan Zeferjahn, Jacob Webb got the last four outs for his eighth save.<\/p>\n
Abrams increased his major league-leading RBI total to 91, matching Ian Desmond in 2014 for the most in a season by a Nationals shortstop. The NL Player of the Month for July, Abrams has 11 homers and 31 RBIs in his last 31 games.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
LHP David Peterson (6-7, 5.35 ERA) starts Wednesday for the Cubs, while the Nationals are expected to promote top lefty prospect Jackson Kent from Triple-A.<\/p>\n
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