The Nationals grabbed their third straight win Thursday to take their four-game weekday set with the Cubs, as Lane Thomas cranked a 3-run homer in the second inning and Alex Call hit the dramatic walk-off home run to finish off a game that went sideways in the eighth inning after starter Patrick Corbin went into that eighth inning with a one-hit shutout with no walks and six strikeouts, and that one hit came from a pop-up that was lost in the sun.
The Cubs went to their closer in a tie game in the ninth inning, and Call walked it off on Brad Boxberger‘s first pitch. A grooved 90.7 mph fastball that Call ambushed and pulled it just inside the left field foul pole as the ball eventually got scooped up on the stairway between Sections 106 and 107 by a lucky fan.
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