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CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Washington Nationals try to bounce back from their second shutout loss of the season when they visit the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday in the second contest of a three-game series.Washington managed just four hits and suffered its fifth loss in six games with Tuesday's 4-0 defeat to Chicago. It was the Nationals' sixth loss in seven meetings with the Cubs dating to the start of the 2005 season.Zach Day (2-3, 5.85 ERA) makes his seventh start of the season and his first appearance at Wrigley Field since April 8, 2003. He did not get a decision against Cincinnati on Thursday after yielding one run and seven hits in seven innings.The Cubs counter with Sean Marshall (2-1, 4.93), who kept Barry Bonds from hitting his 714th homer last Thursday. However, he was tagged for nine runs and nine hits in 3 2/3 innings in a loss to the San Francisco Giants.Chicago, which has won all five night contests at home this season, has just two victories in its last 14 games.