{"id":40833,"date":"2026-08-12T12:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40833"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T07:48:41","slug":"crow-armstrong-hits-27th-home-run-as-cubs-beat-nationals-to-move-20-games-over-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=40833","title":{"rendered":"Crow-Armstrong hits 27th home run as Cubs beat Nationals to move 20 games over .500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/11\/Cubs_Nationals_Baseball_78364_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pete Crow-Armstrong, Alex Bregman and Seiya Suzuki homered, and the Chicago Cubs rallied from an early deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Crow-Armstrong\u2019s third-inning shot, his 27th, hit the facade of the third deck in right field, traveling an estimated 437 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Bregman 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<p>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<p>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<p>The Cubs scored in five consecutive innings, highlighted by a three-run fourth. Carson Kelly\u2019s RBI grounder off Jake Irvin (2-6) put Chicago ahead 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>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<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>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<p>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<h3>Up next<\/h3>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Left-hander 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<div class=\"permission\" style=\"padding-top: 25px;\">\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 The Washington Times, LLC.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Crow-Armstrong, Alex Bregman and Seiya Suzuki homered, and the Chicago Cubs rallied from an early deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 on Tuesday night. Crow-Armstrong\u2019s third-inning shot, his 27th, hit the facade of the third deck in right field, traveling an estimated 437 feet. 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