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- Updated: May 9, 2016
CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta didn’t get the win, but the Cubs did, as Javier Baez smacked a walk-off home run with one out in the 13th inning to beat the Nationals, 4-3, on Sunday and complete a sweep in front of 41,233 at pink-splashed Wrigley Field for Mother’s Day. It was the seventh straight victory for Chicago, which became the 10th team to win at least 24 of its first 30 games and the first since the 1984 Tigers (26-4).
“It was a team win,” Arrieta said. “We grinded it out.”
Kris Bryant had tied the game at 3 with a two-run single in the seventh. In the 11th, Jason Heyward tried to score from first on Bryant’s one-out double, but he was thrown out at home on a perfect 8-6-2 relay. With one out in the 13th, Baez launched a 2-2 pitch from Blake Treinen into the left-field bleachers. It was the Cubs’ first walk-off win of the season, and the first walk-off homer since Chris Denorfia did so last Sept. 28 against the Royals.
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“You can see how much power he’s got,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said of Baez. “That had rockets on it, man, and that was really well struck.”
Bryce Harper tied a Major League record with six walks in the game and set a record for walks in a four-game series with 13. He scored the Nationals’ first run in the third, sprinting from first on Ryan Zimmerman’s double that deflected off Bryant’s glove and into foul territory.
It’s a tough way for the Nationals to finish their 10-game road trip, which started promising with five wins in their first six games before getting swept here.
“I mean, it’s doubly tough, especially to play that long and have that many chances and you’re sitting on the edge of your seat,” Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. “We had opportunities, big time. To lose a game like that, it hurts. But you don’t have any choice, really, you gotta lick your wounds and limp back home, then gain some strength when you get back home.”
Arrieta was pulled after five innings, matching his shortest outing of the season. The Cubs have won his last 20 starts, extending a franchise record. Chicago is the first National League team since the 1977 Dodgers to start a season with 24 wins in its first 30 games.
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