Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored two runs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the sloppy Washington Nationals 5-3 on Saturday for their fifth straight win.
Javier Assad pitched six innings of three-run ball as Chicago won for the eighth time in nine games overall. The Cubs , who are trying to make up ground in the race for the last NL wild card, went 18-8 in August."We have given ourselves a chance to play games in September that count and mean something," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. "It took a really good month and it’s going to take another great month.
Swanson added a two-out RBI double against Jacob Barnes."Our depth is impressive right now. ... Nice we’ve been able to score in different ways," Hoerner said.Herz allowed three hits, struck out five and walked two. He is winless in his last five starts."He was attacking the zone," Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. "Sometimes he was trying to make that finish pitch. He couldn’t get it over and he got in deep counts.
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