Nationals vs. Cubs Game Highlights (5/20/21) | MLB Highlights

Start a pitch for the Cubs today Trevor Williams and he's going to attack these national hitters with this assortment of offerings for Seamer slider sinker curve and change average fastball velocity ninety one ninety two on the ground. Here is Josh Bell now with two out and nobody on. And that's a high fly ball to deep left center see you later Josh Bell fifth of the year RBI RBI number 16 and the Nats are on top after the walk in the double play. Yeah Josh Bell had never faced Trevor Williams because they wore the same uniform in Pittsburgh for five years. First day be against him takes him yard. Schwerer is one for nine in the series and swings and he skies one to left field toward the corner way back and gone. Good bye Jack Peterson running out of room back to back home runs just a few pitches apart. Schwerer goes yard to left on a one pitch from Williams and bang zoom go Schwerer. It's the Nationals two of the Cubs nothing Alex Avila left handed batting catcher swing and a miss strike three and Avila is gone. But home runs by Bell and Schwerer back to back and here's Joe Ross six games five starts against the Cubs trying to beat them for the first time to seem four seam slider an occasional change up for Joe Ross who needs to be down today when he's gotten hit hard over his last couple of starts. Ball has been elevated to two to Peterson and it looked like he got all locked up maybe looking for something else. Now Ian Abt switch hitting center fielder and Joe throws a quality pitch on the outer edge. That's Castro on the shift and that's it for the Cubs. Andrew Stephenson the center fielder starting in place Victor Robles on the ground up the middle over the mound and Baez Baez makes the play and that is that Williams bounces back to get him one two three to a single to start the second Nico Horner at the plate. Nico Horner has been fun to watch defensively approach right and right center Cubs with a chance to get on the board. Nick Martini batting for the first time today the native of Crystal Lake in the air out towards left center. Stevenson makes the call in the grab Boteel tag from third and it's a one run game. Seven did his job. Well done Nick Martini. There's Trevor Williams and he reaches out and makes some contact on O2 unassisted by Trey to the bag for the Cubs pick up a run on two singles in a sack fly. Here's one Soto Soto hit into a double play his first time. Turner leads there he goes Soto strikes out throw to second base and they got him strike him out throw him out double play perfect throw by Higgins. Baez made a quick tag. No challenge forthcoming from Washington and quickly two down with nobody on Jack Peterson leads off the bottom of the third for the Cubs to the left handed batter Peterson and Joe Ross goes up and away second strikeout and Peterson twice that'll bring in Anthony Rizzo Ross delivers and a swing and a high drive left field. This is deep Schauber back edge of the track feeling for the Ivy makes the catch and then bangs into the Ivy. That one almost caught the basket which overhangs the Ivy covered fence. But Schauber who knows that left field corner as well as anybody was able to make the play as Ian Hap stands in to two in the air right side that one towards the. His second in the last few games into a basket here at the ballpark. The home run is fifth and the Cubs on top three to Castro a single his first time make the shift pitch swing and a miss struck him out. Jordy Mercer lifts one in the air half is there to pull it down Williams pitches around a two out walk the Cubs lead it were midway in the fourth. The Cubs have a couple of men on and let's see if that little single turns out to be a key part of the play with John Peterson coming up for one. Line drive base hit Peterson with the. Martini comes around it's for two hard hit ball. Peterson gets the RBI the one to one. Oh Chris Conroy not looking David Bote he was trying to give him the heads up that redirected either off. I don't know whether it hit the netting or the guy wire but Chris Conroy just didn't expect it to come at him. And I think it hit him in the belly. The Nationals have men at first and second here in the top of the fifth Josh Bell do up the pitch swing. Did he go. Yes he did. Struck him out. Justin Steele comes in and puts out the fire. Ian Happ gave the Cubs the lead with a two run shot in the third towards left center field Stevenson back on its way. Second in a day fast at that time well into the bleachers and have started his stride his fifth of the year. The hardest six of the year. Next up is Nick Martino. Here's a pitch swung on ground ball sprawling to his right Mercer Field straightens throws to first to Bell in time for the out two down. Here is Alex Avila. Outside corner how about that. Justin Steele outstanding gets him one two three including a pair of strikeouts. And here it comes Rizzo lines one shallow center field. That's a base hit. Steele will stop at third. He held up momentarily. This loads the bags with one away bases loaded for Harvey Baez up there hacking to the bag. Castro engineers a five three three double play inning over Yadiel Hernandez pinch hitting the one to swing and a miss. Andrew Stevenson left handed batting center fielder in the one two from to pair up swing and a miss strike three. He strikes out the side. It's time for the seventh inning stretch. Josh Bell Homer in the first has struck out twice since on the ground. Niko Horner dives gets up throws him out. Stop it. Niko Swann continues to play brilliant defense on the right side of the infield. Niko Horner full extension. The moment of truth has arrived on this Thursday afternoon top of inning number nine. The Cubs on the brink of taking three out of four. Greg Kimbrell will try to nail it down in a one to strike him Cubs win. Kimbrell closes it out and the Cubs take three of four from the Nats.