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You can bet the Cubs-Nationals series with Chicago a -128 visiting favorite and Washington at -118. The total on this series was set at 8.
PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs RH John Lackey (7-2, 2.63 ERA) vs. Nationals LH Gio Gonzalez (3-5, 3.93)
Lackey has posted eight straight quality starts and won his last three, helping to make the Cubs one of the hottest teams in the league right now. He has not allowed a single run in the last 13 innings he’s pitched.
Lackey is 2-0 with a 3.58 ERA in five starts against the Nationals. He permitted just two runs in seven innings the last time he faced them earlier this season.
Gonzalez has dropped four consecutive starts. He allowed five runs earlier this season against the Cubs.
Chicago is 7-3 in this last ten games of this series.
- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com
