The Cubs continued to fall further out of contention with another very disappointing loss to the lowly Washington Nationals on Monday night. Their starting pitcher put them in an early hole and they were not able to dig out despite a couple of late home runs.
Former Cub Jeimer Candelario gave the Nats a 1st-inning lead with a two-run home run into the basket in left field off of struggling starter Drew Smyly. Christopher Morel got one of those runs back with an RBI single against MacKenzie Gore in the 2nd.