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Meet the Though they may be shorthanded, the Mets just keep finding ways to win, a feat they proved once again Tuesday night. Using only pitchers from the bullpen, the team was able to escape with a win over the Braves, 4-3. The Mets got on the board first thanks to a two-run homer from Jonathan Villar, and later added a run from a Pete Alonso sacrifice fly which scored Francisco Lindor. After Miguel Castro and Tommy Hunter put up zeros across the board, Robert Gsellman and Trevor May allowed ...

David Bote, Ian Happ homer as Cubs double up Nats Field Level Media 19 May 2021, 13:40 GMT+10 David Bote hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs held on for a 6-3 win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Ian Happ also homered for the Cubs, who have won three games in a row and four of their past five. Willson Contreras went 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Starlin Castro homered for the Nationals, who have dropped three of four. Trea Turner and Ryan Zim...

Chicago; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Patrick Corbin (2-3, 0.00 ERA) Cubs: Zach Davies (2-2, 5.60 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, 22 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -107, Nationals -108; over/under is even BOTTOM LINE: Chicago and Washington will meet on Tuesday. The Cubs are 14-8 in home games in 2020. Chicago has slugged .404, good for third in the National League. Kris Bryant leads the club with a .625 slugging percentage, including 24 extra-base hits and 10 home runs. The...

After Sunday’s brilliant performance, that might not be the case. Fedde threw seven scoreless innings, Yadiel Hernandez hit a go-ahead, pinch-hit homer and the Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0. It was the top outing of the year for the right-handed Fedde (3-4), who used 97 pitches to navigate seven innings while allowing just three hits and striking out four. “That’s probably the best I’ve seen him throw,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. “He had command of all his ...

It was the top outing of the year for the right-handed Fedde (3-4), who used 97 pitches to navigate seven innings while allowing just three hits and striking out four. “That’s probably the best I’ve seen him throw,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. “He had command of all his pitches. He was pounding the strike zone and kept the ball down.” With the game scoreless, Fedde walked Stephen Vogt to start the seventh but got the next batter, Domingo Leyba, to ground into a double play...

Jon Lester returns to Wrigley as Nationals face Cubs Field Level Media 17 May 2021, 11:55 GMT+10 After spending the past six seasons with the Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals left-hander Jon Lester is eager to return to Wrigley Field on Monday as the opposing starting pitcher. Facing his former teammates looms as a unique challenge. But Lester intends to build valuable momentum by handlinga basic task once he arrives at the ballpark. "The biggest thing for me is making sure I walk into the ri...

A recurring theme in Sports Illustrated’s power rankings to this juncture is the ongoing struggle to negotiate what we thought about each team heading into the season compared with the results on the field. At what point is there enough evidence to mistrust our preconceptions? When does fluke become reality? And how do we confront the terrifying notion that maybe, just maybe, we’ve been getting something wrong all along? The whole endeavor can start to feel like an existential crisis. Well...

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Lester, Schwarber, Castro, Avila, Harrison. OK, not all are remembered in the same breath, but it's a reunion after all.

On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Nationals series preview Share this story Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images As you’ll see below, this will be Reunion Week at Wrigley Field with so many former Cubs players and staff coming back to the North Side. (FWIW, there is exactly one former member of the Nationals on this year’s Cubs. Third base coach Willie Harris played for Washington from 2008-10.) For more on the Nats, here’s Patrick Reddington, who runs our SB Nation Nationals site Federal Baseball: It ha...