Capital gains: Lile lifts one, Lord lays the law in tight Wrigley win

Washington 2, Chicago 1 — MLB

The Nationals opened with three straight knocks and an RBI single from Jorge Alfaro. When the Cubs answered via Carson Kelly’s RBI groundout, Daylen Lile played rooftop roulette and won—his 4th-inning solo squeaker into the right-field basket stood as the separator.

Rookie Brad Lord wore the sheriff’s star: 5.2 IP, 7 K, 2 H, 1 ER, escaping traffic whenever Chicago walked its way aboard (7 free passes on the day). Cole Henry secured the ninth for his second save. For the Cubs, Matthew Boyd was efficient over 7 IP (2 ER) and added a quirky club note with his 10th pickoff of the season, but Washington’s bullpen stitched the final outs for a one-run, Windy City heist.