Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs
Final
Recap
CHICAGO -- Joey Wiemer and Keibert Ruiz homered and the Washington Nationals earned a season-opening series win with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. Jake Irvin (1-0) allowed two runs and three hits with seven strikeouts and a walk in five innings and Clayton Beeter, the last of four Washington relievers, worked a clean ninth for his first save. Washington took two of three in the series. Alex Bregman hit two solo home runs his first since joining the Cubs as a free agent and Ian Happ added one.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteCHC -256 · 69% to win
UpsetRun LineCHC -1.5
WSH coveredTotalO/U 9.5 · 9 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
11Hits4
2Home runs3
3Walks2
9Strikeouts10
1Stolen bases1
133Pitches thrown148
10Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James WoodDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Garcia Jr.PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daylen LileLF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Andres Chaparro1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joey WiemerRF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Keibert RuizC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob YoungCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady House3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CJ AbramsSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake IrvinP | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Cionel PerezP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PJ PoulinP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gus VarlandP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clayton BeeterP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |