NATIONALS ROUGH UP CUBS

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Anibal Sanchez had two hits including an RBI bunt and carried a shutout into the ninth inning to lead the Washington Nationals to a 9-3 win over the Chicago Cubs Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Juan Soto and Adam Eaton also homered to back the solid start of Sanchez. The loss snapped a five game winning streak for the Cubs and pushed them 1/2 game behind St Louis for first in the NL Central. Jon Lester was roughed up allowing six runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. Game two of the series is Saturday afternoon with Joe Ross (3-3) pitching for Washington and Jose Quintana (11-7) for the Cubs. The action can be found on Lite 103 WAKO beginning with the pregame show at 12:45 p.m. Central Time 1:45 Eastern.