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Here are the latest headlines and analyses around the Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball for today, August 11, 2022.

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Upcoming Nationals schedule:

• Thursday, August 11, 2022: DAY OFF
• Friday, August 12, 2022: San Diego Padres vs. Washington Nationals; 7:05 p.m. EDT
• Saturday, August 13, 2022: San Diego Padres vs. Washington Nationals; 7:05 p.m. EDT
• Sunday, August 14, 2022: San Diego Padres vs. Washington Nationals; 12:05 p.m. EDT

Leading the Morning Briefing: Cubs defeat the Nationals 4-2. The Washington Nationals finished off their road trip by losing to the Chicago Cubs 4-2 Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Thanks to a second straight seventh-inning rally for the Chicago Cubs, the Cubs could pull out a win against the Washington Nationals. Chicago poured on four runs to tie and take the lead after the seventh-inning stretch.

RHP Josiah Gray pitched his first ever game at Wrigley Field and was close to getting the win. Overall, Gray pitched three scoreless to start, on an efficient-ish 45 pitches, working around three hits, and he retired the side in order in a 10-pitch fourth to keep it a 1-0 game for the Nationals. A one-out single by former Washington Nationals catcher Yan Gomes ended Gray’s outing after 96 pitches.

Josiah Gray’s Line: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 Ks, 96 P, 64 S, 4/7 GO/FO.

On the offensive side of the ball, the Nationals recently acquired 1B Luke Voit started the finale in Wrigley with a 19-game on-base streak, over which he had 19 hits, eight walks, and was hit three times, and posted a .385 OBP. Since joining the Nats Voit, was 7 for 20 (for a .350 AVG), with two home runs, three RBIs, three walks, a hit by pitch, and three runs scored; however, yesterday, he went 0 for 3 with a K through five today, and a swinging K in the eighth left him 0 for 4 thus ending his 19-game on-base streak.

Up next…

The Nationals will face the San Diego Padres over the weekend. The series starts tomorrow night with the first pitch at 7:05 p.m. EDT. Below are the pitching matchups. Important note: Friday night’s game will be streamed on Apple TV + instead of aired on MASN.

Pitching Matchups

Friday, August. 12 vs. SDP 7:05 p.m. Apple TV+ 106.7 The Fan RHP Cory Abbott (0-1, 5.68) RHP Mike Clevinger (3-4, 3.60)

RHP Corey Abbott will start his first career against the San Diego Padres. It will be his second appearance against San Diego after throwing 1.1 innings against them in 2021.

Sat., Aug. 13 vs. SDP 7:05 p.m. MASN 106.7 The Fan RHP Aníbal Sánchez (0-5, 7.56) RHP Yu Darvish (10-5, 3.28)

Anibal Sanchez makes his seventh career start against the Padres. He is 1-2 with a 2.23 ERA against San Diego in his career.

Sun., Aug. 14 vs. SDP 12:05 p.m. Peacock 106.7 The Fan RHP Paolo Espino (0-4, 4.04) LHP Blake Snell (4-6, 3.96)

Paolo Espino will make his first career start against the San Diego Padres. It will be his second apppearance against San Diego after throwing 2.1 innings against them in 2021.