Jeimer Candelario homered to lead off the top of the eighth, getting Washington’s Nationals within one run of the Chicago Cubs in the series finale last night in Wrigley Field, and then it was Dominic Smith and Corey Dickerson who hit back-to-back, two-out singles, keeping the inning alive for Luis García, who jumped on a hanging, first-pitch slider from Cubbies’ righty Julian Merryweather and lined it to center for a game-tying RBI hit, 3-3.
It wasn’t tied for long, however.
Mason Thompson took over for lefty Joe La Sorsa on the mound in the bottom of the inning, and gave up a leadoff hit, a walk, a bunt single, and a sac fly which put the home team back on top, 4-3.