Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs
Final
Recap
CHICAGO -- Brady House, Joey Wiemer and Jacob Young homered for Washington on opening day, and the Nationals beat Alex Bregman and the Chicago Cubs 10-4 on Thursday for manager Blake Butera's first win with the team. CJ Abrams hit a tiebreaking two-run single during Washington's six-run fourth inning on a blustery, overcast afternoon at Wrigley Field. Andrés Chaparro had two hits and scored a run. Butera is part of a new leadership group for the rebuilding Nationals after they went 66-96 last year in their sixth straight losing season. Paul Toboni took over as the team's president of baseball operations on Oct. 1, and he hired the 33-year-old Butera out of Tampa Bay's front office.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCHC -208 · 65% to win
UpsetRun LineCHC -1.5
WSH coveredTotalO/U 7 · 14 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
11Hits8
3Home runs0
2Walks6
12Strikeouts9
1Stolen bases0
182Pitches thrown138
9Pitching strikeouts12
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylen LileDH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luis Garcia Jr.PH-1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob YoungCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady House3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Joey WiemerRF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| James WoodLF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| CJ AbramsSS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andres Chaparro1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Keibert RuizC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 37 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad LordP | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cade CavalliP | 3.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Clayton BeeterP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cionel PerezP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PJ PoulinP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
