Washington Nationals and Chicago Cubs play in game 2 of series
Washington Nationals (1-0) vs. Chicago Cubs (0-1) Chicago; Saturday, 2:20 p. m.
EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Miles Mikolas (0-0); Cubs: Cade Horton (0-0) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -222, Nationals +183; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals meet the Chicago Cubs with a 1-0 series lead. Chicago had a 92-70 record overall and a 50-31 record at home last season. The Cubs averaged 8.
5 hits per game last season while batting a collective . 249 and slugging . 430.
Washington went 66-96 overall and 34-47 in road games last season. The Nationals averaged 8. 1 hits per game last season and totaled 161 home runs.
INJURIES: Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (elbow), Seiya Suzuki: 10-Day IL (knee), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Wicks: 15-Day IL (forearm), Shelby Miller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christopher Austin: 60-Day IL (knee) Nationals: Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Paxton Schultz: 15-Day IL (elbow), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .