Russell thriving in clutch moments

CHICAGO — Addison Russell watched his ball sail toward the right-field corner and thought it was headed foul. But the way things are going for the Cubs these days, it stayed fair.

Russell delivered a go-ahead two-run double with two outs in the seventh inning on Saturday to lift the Cubs to an 8-5 victory over the Nationals. He drove in a season-high three runs and extended his on-base streak to 12 games.

Manager Joe Maddon isn’t surprised by the clutch hitting by the 22-year-old shortstop.

“He does that,” Maddon said. “When it’s hot, he’s there, he’s in present-tense mode. Base hit up the middle [in the sixth], and then the slicer. You would think with that wind today it would be really difficult to score runs. I didn’t anticipate all of that.”

The wind …

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