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Bote鈥檚 9-inning grand slam powers Cubs past Nats

Pinch-hitter David Bote smashed a grand slam against Ryan Madson with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday night. Bote鈥檚 long drive to center field came after Washington鈥檚 Max Scherzer and Chicago鈥檚 Cole Hamels delivered simply dominant starts. Madson (2-5) came in with a 3-0 lead to start the ninth and quickly ran into trouble. He gave up an infield single to Jason Heyward with one out and hit Albert Almora with a pitch. Madson then retired Kyle Schwarber on a foul pop before hitting Contreras to load the bases, but Bote drove a 2-2 pitch well beyond the center-field wall. Bote鈥檚 drive made a winner of Justin Wilson (4-3), who got the final two outs in the ninth.


 

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