Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals MLB game highlights (June 5, 2025)

It's a hot, humid June evening in the nation's capital. Here's the U.S. Capitol. There's Nationals Park. Chicago Cubs looking for their seventh consecutive series victory. There's some Cubs fans coming on into Nationals Park. It's the Cubs against the Nationals, game three of three from Washington, D.C. That'd be fun to see. Cubs fans in attendance. Time to take a look at the Cubs lineup brought to you by Binney's Beverage Depot. If you can't find it at Binney's, it's probably not worth drinking. Happ, Tucker, Suzuki, one, two, three, PCA, Swanson, Bush, four, five, six, Horner, Shaw, McGuire, seven, eight, nine. Irvin against Happ. And the first pitch. Now back at the screen, count on one, one, and we are underway here in the district. Ball on line. One, one. Tucker out to center. Hassle Jr. into the gap. Can't get it. One hops off the wall. Tucker gallops to second. Slide in safely. Welcome back Kyle Tucker. It's a one-out double. Easy pass at it. And that center cut. You cannot afford to throw that pitch to Kyle Tucker. He's going to make you pay. This time, he makes you pay double. And it's brought to you by Elgin Hyundai. One with a 20-year and 200,000-mile warranty on every new car. With that, over 108 miles per hour off the bat. Peep out to center. Robert Hassle Jr. back at the track at the wall. It's gone. Dead center. It's Pete Kroll all-star. 16th homer. Two-run shot. It's two to nothing, Cubs. Give that man a jar of pickles. The vehicle of the Chicago Cubs. There's that curveball. He waits on it. See it, center it, and smoke it. Wall. Jam shot, left side. Bobbled by Rosario, and Swanson safe. Rips that into right. Single for Bush. Swanson motoring around second. Gets the third. Two-nothing, Cubs. Nikko grounds it sharply to short. Abrams to second. Just gets Bush. And ends the inning. And it's over to Bush and into right field. Abrams heading for second. Second throw from Tucker. And Abrams couldn't hold the bag. He's called out. Avoid the tag, and I think he did initially. Man, having to spin and make that accurate throw, and Dan be chasing him, and definitely that right hand stays off the bag. And that's the key in the modern game, man. You've got to put that tag on and hold it there. Half able to run down Rosario's drive, and there's another one. Now Tucker went in. Now out makes the catch. Sometimes as a pitcher, you're just blessed. Four games set when we get back home from this trip against the Pirates. Shaw will back up the middle. Unable to be backhanded by Garcia. Shaw safe. About 30 minutes from here. McGuire towards first. Low field. Steps on first. Throw to second. Hits off Shaw's helmet. Plain way to keep your head in the game, Matty. After this one, Nathaniel Lowe, very good defender. Wore a gold glove a couple of years back. Just with Shaw's speed, the window to make that throw closed on him in a hurry. As a base runner there, you're trying to stay upright as long as possible for that very reason. Three-one. Abt rips it to right field. Call races back. Can't get it. Little hit off the wall. Shaw scores, eight and a half to second. Hit for a slide. He's safe. It's an RBI double. Look at him. Double first at bat. Walked second at bat. Grounds it to first. Low. Beats PCA to the bag. Ends the inning. Cubs get a run. RBI double, eight and a half. They lead three to nothing. Changers split. Set out to right center field. PCA into the gap. Fun to watch. Collins smiling. Ends the inning. It's a tough spot for Tyson Miller because he couldn't be option either. Dansby Swanson, the leadoff single here in the third. Nikko out to right. Call back. Shy of the track. Makes the catch. Dansby tags up. Throw is cut off, and Dansby gets the third. Shaw, high chopper. Irwin fields to first, and it ends in. And Cubs strand a leadoff single. And it's blocked. Said view from the Cowboys. You can get it a little bit. A little bit from our vantage point. It's down the left field line. Hit for Hassel. Hat fires to second. The tag, and he's out. You're next, PCA. Again, not a bad base-running decision by Hassel to try to get two here. Ian gets rid of that ball quickly. Gets stuck in the mud a little bit with that slide, and Nikko with a good lunging tag right on the toe. Well, that's a great effort by Nikko as well. Abrams to left center. Splits the gap. Base hit. PCA comes up with it. Get it, Pete! Throw to second is off the mark. Oh, you're getting me excited. Ground ball left side off the glove of Shaw. And Rosario safe. The inning continues. Gets it out to left. Makes the catch. Scoreless inning for Colin Ray. Cubs lead three to nothing. He fights off tough pitches and kills mistakes. Doesn't chase. Draws his second walk of the game on base. All three plate appearances. Zaya out to left field. It's a base hit. Tucker on his way to third. Gets there. Zaya holds up at first, and runners at the corners here for the Cubs. In the fourth, it's a two-out rally. A lot of pitches under duress. Pete, hard hit to second, but Garcia comes up with it. Over to first, ends the inning. Cubs strand a pair, but they lead three to nothing. Colin Ray, PMPs, ends the inning. Go up the middle. Abrams dives, fields. No throw to first. And Nico Horner can extend that on-base streak to 18 game. Shaw to second. Garcia to first. Ends the inning. Cubs go down scoreless, but they lead three to nothing here in Washington. And out to right field. That's a fair ball. It's into the right field corner. It'll be an outfield assist here. Garcia, one-out double. Yeah, nice game in the opener. Hit to second, more hard contact. Nico to first. There's the second out. Ray fires. In the air, shallow left. Shaw back, same with Swanson. Half in, look out. All right, Dansby. For a number of years. Reese McGuire into right to lead off single. Fill him up by the name of Wayne. Ian drills it to right. Call back, way back. It's way gone. Oh, third deck in half over four. It's a two-run shot. Come get the over. Cubs are up five to nothing. And he goes deep for just the fourth time this year. It's a little cement mixer. And he leans on it. This home run is brought to you by Hefty. Hefty, Hefty, ultra strong, ultra low price. Third deck, first time since May 5th. It's a marathon. Blooper, shallow right. Call, long run, finds grass. Today is a Suzuki multi-hit game, and it's a single. Don't run. Swing and a miss, strike three. Hefty, Boyd, huge. Cubs only used two pitchers yesterday. Look out. Look what I found. Colin Ray. The second hot smash he's handled out there tonight. Boyd's got some hair on him. 4.2 right back at you. Nice play by Bush from his knees to first. Cubs defense, that's a 1-2-3 inning. Cubs lead five to nothing. We'll go to the seventh. Matt Shaw now has a multi-hit game. The first one was kind of a little softy up the middle, but this ball blistered by. Even a miss, strike three. Cubs strand Matt Shaw, but. Strokes it out the right center. Back and hits off the top of the wall. PCA gets it. He fires it to second, and no! Almost gets bell. This is a, talking about Jordan Speed, a wire off the wall. Just able to elude the diving tag of Nikko. That's close. That's our T-Mobile coverage cam. So close. Is up in the Cubs bullpen. The Cubs are taking a second look at this down in the video room in the Matt Channel. Popped up, foul ground, McGuire. Big second out. Left side, base hit. Into left field. Half fires home, holds the runner, but the base is loaded for the Nationals. Theobar delivers. Got him! Oh, he locked Uncle Charlie. That was a beaut. Pretty. Strands the bases loaded, keeps the shutout intact by nothing. Cubs. Could have been a strike. Instead, it's a walk. Two-out base runner for the Cubs. Gets it to five-nothing. He grounds it to second. Garcia to first. It ends the inning. Tried a two-out base runner, but the Cubs lead five to nothing. Since 2018. To second, Nikko long throw. Gets low. It's a one-two-three inning for Brad Keller. Will go to the ninth. It is five to nothing, Cubs. And he draws a walk. Congratulations to Wilson Contreras, who played in his 1,000th. Pushes off. Shaw hits it into left-center field. Falls in for a base hit. Push to third, and Matt Shaw, it's a three-hit night for the rookie. McGuire hits it off the glove. Funny save. Head-first slide by McGuire in the first. Credited with an RBI single, it is six to nothing, Cubs. Your getaway at Wisdals.com. Ian Happ, humpback liner. Shot was center base hit. Shaw scores, and now a three-hit-four RBI night for Ian Happ. It's a sinker at 95. Down over the heart of the plate, and he just plays a little pepper with Hassel out there in center. Ian Happ might be back. RBI double. Now the Nationals down to their final strike. Apparently not. Looks like they'll call catcher's interference. It's a strike. Brunner takes second. Lyle on a defensive indifference. Drives center field. Base hit. Lyle routes third and scores, and the Nationals avoid the shutout. Browner to second. Nikko to first. Cubs win. They win the game, and they win their seventh consecutive series. Wire to wire tonight. Cubs seven, Nationals one. Go Cubs go.