Cubs 7, Nationals 6: A little less drama, please

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty ImagesThe Cubs have won four straight and seven of eight after defeating the Nationals 7-6 Friday evening... but Cubs’ fans collective hearts were probably beating pretty fast after a high-wire act in the ninth inning.

Whew.

Let’s rewind to the beginning.

Sh\u014dta Imanaga got touched up for a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning on a two-run double by José Tena (and like you, I had barely heard of some of these Nats). After that, the Cubs offense got right to work in the second inning.

Isaac Paredes and Nico Hoerner led off with singles and another single by Dansby Swanson scored Paredes [VIDEO].

A wild pitch moved the runners up, and that allowed both…