Chicago at Washington

Chicago is 3-3 on this nine-game road trip and ranks 22nd in baseball in runs scored. The Cubs are 3-5 in the last eight starts made by righty Kyle Hendricks (1-2), who has a 4.11 road ERA. Hendricks yielded four runs and seven hits in six innings of a 5-2 loss at Miami on Tuesday. The Cubs are 1-4 in Hendricks' last five road starts. Washington is 10th in baseball in runs scored and 11th in on-base percentage. The Nationals are 35-17 as a home favorite, plus 64-28 in Jordan Zimmermann's last 92 starts. Zimmermann (5-2, 2.88) scattered six hits over eight innings in a 2-0 victory over Toronto his last start and boasts a 2.00 ERA over his last eight starts. The Nationals are 9-4 following a loss and 21-8 as a favorite, too. Play Washington.