Yan Gomes hit a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning against his former team and the Chicago Cubs beat the Nationals 3-2 on Wednesday to win the three-game series.
Franmil Reyes smacked a leadoff double off Jake McGee in the seventh. Three batters later, Steve Cishek came on to face the righty Gomes, who hit a soft liner to right giving Chicago the lead.
Erich Uelman pitched 0.2 of an inning for his first major league win. Steven Brault, who was activated from the COVID-19 injured list before the game, threw two scoreless innings and Rowan Wick pitched the ninth for his eighth save.
P.J. Higgins homered and Reyes had two doubles for Chicago, which has won four straight series.
Cubs starter Drew Smyly, who had tossed 11.2 scoreless innings over his past two starts, allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out four without a walk on 100 pitches and retired nine straight batters at one point.
Smyly has a 1.06 ERA in August, with 17 strikeouts and three walks.
Nationals starter Cory Abbott, a former Cub, gave up two runs on three hits in a career-high six innings. He matched his career best with five strikeouts.
Higgins’ two-out, two-run homer in the fifth gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead, before a Nelson Cruz fielders choice tied it once more prior to Gomes heroics against his former club.
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