Washington at Chicago

A pair of strikeout aces meet at Wrigley Field to make life miserable for the batters. Max Scherzer (1.67 ERA) has recorded quality starts in eight of his nine outings to begin the season, including three straight in which he has allowed a total of two runs over 22 innings. Washington is on a 5-1 run UNDER the total and the UNDER is 10-4-2 when the Nationals are on the road against a left-handed starter. They face one of the best lefties in Jon Lester, throwing six straight quality starts for his new team. Chicago is 3-0-1 UNDER the total when Lester pitches at Wrigley Field and the team is 10-3-1 UNDER the total against a right-handed starter, including 16-4-2 UNDER at home against a righty. All of which means few hits and runs. This one stays UNDER.