Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Chicago CubsCHC

12–6

Final

Washington NationalsWSH

Nationals Park

Team Season Averages

Chicago CubsLeads 9 of 18

Washington NationalsLeads 9 of 18

Batting

5.18Runs per game5.36
0.250Batting average0.252
0.339On-base percentage0.328
0.418Slugging percentage0.440
0.757OPS0.768
1.26Home runs per game1.44
8.59Hits per game8.64
151Home runs174
89Stolen bases130

Pitching

4.07ERA4.73
1.25WHIP1.39
7.73Strikeouts per nine7.60
2.96Walks per nine3.52
4.04Runs allowed per game4.69
0.245Opponent batting average0.259
921Pitching strikeouts911
37Quality starts27
27Saves33

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (WSH)	Total	CHC ML	WSH ML
DDraftKings	+1.5	9.5	-153	+143
FFanDuel	+1.5	9.5	-154	+142
BBetMGM	+1.5	9.5	-160	+135
CCaesars	+1.5	9.5	-153	+143
BBetOnline	+1.5	9.5	-152	+138
BBetRivers	+1.5	9.5	-165	+138
BBetus	+1.5	9.5	-155	+138
BBovada	+1.5	9.5	-164	+138
FFanatics	+1.5	9.5	-165	+135
LLowVig	+1.5	9.5	-152	+138
MMyBookie	+1.5	9.5	-158	+134

Game Information

Nationals Park

Stadium

Aug 12, 2026

6:45 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Partly cloudy

Wind 7 mph

89°

Lineups

CHC

Starters

WSH

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
CHC	2nd	11th
WSH	1st	28th

Matchup

CHCWSH

70-50Record59-62
58.3%Win %48.8%
35-24Home record26-35
35-26Road record33-27
8-2Last 104-6
2Streak-1
+109Run diff+22
18-15Division11-24
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
CHC	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	3	0	12
WSH	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	6

Team Stats

CHCStatWSH

12Runs6
13Hits11
2Errors1
4Home runs2
12RBI6
2Stolen bases3
11K (bat)8
8K (pit)11
4BB (pit)6

Player Stats

CHC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Pete Crow-ArmstrongCF	6	1	1	0	1	0
Nico Hoerner2B	5	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Busch1B	5	0	1	0	0	0
Carson KellyC	4	0	0	0	0	1
Seiya SuzukiRF	4	2	2	0	2	1
Pedro Ramirez2B	4	2	2	0	0	1
Dansby SwansonSS	4	3	2	1	2	1
Ian HappLF	3	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Bregman3B	3	3	3	3	7	2
Tyrone TaylorLF	2	0	0	0	0	0

CHC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
David PetersonSP	5.0	9	4	3	3	6
Javier AssadSP	4.0	2	2	2	1	2

WSH — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Harry FordC	5	2	2	0	1	0
Brady House3B	5	1	1	0	0	0
Dylan CrewsRF	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob YoungCF	5	0	2	0	0	0
Daylen LileLF	4	0	2	0	3	0
Nasim Nunez2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
CJ AbramsSS	3	0	0	0	0	2
Abimelec Ortiz1B	2	1	1	1	1	0
Andres Chaparro1B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew PinckneyLF	2	1	1	0	0	1
Jose TenaDH	1	1	1	1	1	0

WSH — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jackson KentSP	4.0	3	3	3	5	6
Trevor WilliamsSP	3.0	5	3	3	0	3
Jake BirdRP	1.1	1	1	1	0	1
Tom CosgroveRP	0.1	2	3	1	0	1
Yovanny CruzRP	0.1	2	2	2	1	0

Scoring Summary

104 events · 12 scoring

Inning 1 Top

Top
Crow-Armstrong struck out looking.
0-0
Top
Suzuki walked.
0-0
Top
Bregman walked, Suzuki to second.
0-0
Top
Kelly struck out swinging.
0-0
Top
Busch struck out swinging.
0-0

Inning 1 Bottom

Bottom
Crews grounded out to shortstop.
0-0
Bottom
Chaparro popped out to second.
0-0
Bottom
House singled to center.
0-0
Bottom
Abrams struck out swinging.
0-0

Inning 2 Top

Top
Hoerner grounded out to first.
0-0
Top
Taylor grounded out to pitcher.
0-0
Top
Ramirez walked.
0-0
Top
Ramirez stole second.
0-0
Top
Swanson lined out to third.
0-0

Inning 2 Bottom

Bottom
Ford singled to right.
0-0
Bottom
Pinckney singled to center, Ford to second.
0-0
Bottom
Young grounded into fielder's choice to third, Pinckney to second, Ford safe at third on fielding error by third baseman Ramirez.
0-0
Bottom
Lile reached on infield single to third, Ford scored, Young to second, Pinckney to third.
0-1
Bottom
Nuñez grounded into double play, pitcher to catcher to first, Lile to second, Young to third, Pinckney out at home.
0-1
Bottom
Crews popped out to second.
0-1

Inning 3 Top

Top
Crow-Armstrong struck out swinging.
0-1
Top
Suzuki struck out swinging.
0-1
Top
Bregman walked.
0-1
Top
Kelly grounded out to third.
0-1

Inning 3 Bottom

Bottom
Chaparro struck out looking.
0-1
Bottom
House grounded out to third.
0-1
Bottom
Abrams walked.
0-1
Bottom
Ford flied out to right.
0-1

Inning 4 Top

Top
Busch reached on infield single to second.
0-1
Top
Hoerner grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Busch out at second. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was overturned.
0-1
Top
Taylor struck out swinging.
0-1

Inning 4 Bottom

Bottom
Pinckney grounded out to second.
0-1
Bottom
Young singled to right.
0-1
Bottom
Lile struck out swinging.
0-1
Bottom
Nuñez singled to center, Young to second.
0-1
Bottom
Crews struck out swinging.
0-1

Inning 5 Top

Top
Ramirez singled to left.
0-1
Top
Ramirez stole second.
0-1
Top
Swanson walked.
0-1
Top
Crow-Armstrong doubled to right, Ramirez scored, Swanson to third.
1-1
Top
Bird relieved J. Kent
1-1
Top
Suzuki lined out to shortstop.
1-1
Top
Bregman homered to left center (397 feet), Swanson scored and Crow-Armstrong scored.
4-1
Top
Kelly struck out looking.
4-1
Top
Busch flied out to center.
4-1

Inning 5 Bottom

Bottom
Chaparro walked.
4-1
Bottom
House grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Chaparro out at second. Washington Nationals challenged: call on the field was overturned.
4-1
Bottom
Abrams struck out swinging, House stole second.
4-1
Bottom
Ford doubled to left, House scored.
4-2
Bottom
Pinckney walked.
4-2
Bottom
Young reached on infield single to second, Pinckney to second, Ford to third.
4-2
Bottom
Lile singled to right, Ford scored and Pinckney scored, Young to third.
4-4
Bottom
Lile stole second.
4-4
Bottom
Nuñez struck out swinging.
4-4

Inning 6 Top

Top
Hoerner popped out to second.
4-4
Top
Happ hit for Taylor
4-4
Top
Cosgrove relieved Bird
4-4
Top
Happ singled to left.
4-4
Top
Ramirez safe at first on fielding error by first baseman Chaparro, Happ to second.
4-4
Top
Swanson doubled to center, Happ scored, Ramirez to third.
5-4
Top
Crow-Armstrong struck out looking.
5-4
Top
Cruz relieved Cosgrove
5-4
Top
Suzuki singled to center, Ramirez scored and Swanson scored.
7-4
Top
Bregman homered to left (383 feet), Suzuki scored.
9-4
Top
Kelly walked.
9-4
Top
Busch flied out to center.
9-4

Inning 6 Bottom

Bottom
Happ in left field.
9-4
Bottom
Assad relieved Peterson
9-4
Bottom
Crews flied out to center.
9-4
Bottom
Ortiz hit for Chaparro
9-4
Bottom
Ortiz homered to right (407 feet).
9-5
Bottom
House struck out looking.
9-5
Bottom
Abrams walked.
9-5
Bottom
Abrams stole second, Abrams safe at third on fielding error by second baseman Hoerner.
9-5
Bottom
Ford grounded out to third.
9-5

Inning 7 Top

Top
Ortiz at first base.
9-5
Top
Williams relieved Cruz
9-5
Top
Hoerner grounded out to second.
9-5
Top
Happ grounded out to shortstop.
9-5
Top
Ramirez struck out looking.
9-5

Inning 7 Bottom

Bottom
Tena hit for Pinckney
9-5
Bottom
Tena hit by pitch.
9-5
Bottom
Young lined out to left.
9-5
Bottom
Lile flied out to center.
9-5
Bottom
Nuñez grounded out to second.
9-5

Inning 8 Top

Top
Tena in left field.
9-5
Top
Swanson homered to center (436 feet).
10-5
Top
Crow-Armstrong lined out to left.
10-5
Top
Suzuki singled to center.
10-5
Top
Bregman homered to left center (394 feet), Suzuki scored.
12-5
Top
Kelly grounded out to third.
12-5
Top
Busch struck out swinging.
12-5

Inning 8 Bottom

Bottom
Crews flied out to right.
12-5
Bottom
Ortiz grounded out to pitcher.
12-5
Bottom
House grounded out to third.
12-5

Inning 9 Top

Top
Hoerner reached on infield single to second.
12-5
Top
Happ grounded into fielder's choice to second, Hoerner out at second.
12-5
Top
Ramirez doubled to left, Happ to third.
12-5
Top
Swanson struck out swinging.
12-5
Top
Crow-Armstrong grounded out to first.
12-5

Inning 9 Bottom

Bottom
Abrams struck out swinging.
12-5
Bottom
Ford grounded out to third.
12-5
Bottom
Tena homered to center (417 feet).
12-6
Bottom
Young flied out to right.
12-6

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Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Shota Imanaga
Outs: 6/20 over · last line 11.5
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Brady House
Home Runs: 0/16 over · last line 0.5
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Connelly Early
Strikeouts: 7/15 over · last line 3.5
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Pedro Ramirez
Home Runs: 0/15 over · last line 0.5
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Kevin Gausman
Strikeouts: 10/14 over · last line 4.5
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Miguel Amaya
Home Runs: 0/14 over · last line 0.5
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Cade Cavalli
Hits Allowed: 6/13 over · last line 4.5
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Matthew Boyd
Strikeouts: 6/13 over · last line 3.5
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Andrew Alvarez
Hits Allowed: 6/12 over · last line 4.5
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Clay Holmes
ER: 5/12 over · last line 1.5
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Matt Shaw
Hits: 6/12 over · last line 0.5
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Edward Cabrera
Hits Allowed: 4/10 over · last line 3.5
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Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals: Final Score & Recap

The Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 12-6 in this MLB game at Nationals Park on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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Chicago Cubs vs Washington Nationals Odds

DraftKings lists the Washington Nationals at WSH +1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 9.5. Moneylines are Chicago Cubs -153 and Washington Nationals +143. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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