Cubs to make White House trip

Manager Joe Maddon and some of the Cubs will visit the White House on Wednesday, though it’s not an official visit with President Trump.

Maddon said that he was going out of respect for the Ricketts family, which owns the Cubs and donated to Trump’s campaign. Maddon said it was voluntary for

players and not an official trip.

The White House visit is so unofficial that Maddon said it’s only “a possibility” that he and the Cubs will see Trump. The team visited President Obama at the White House as World Series champions in January before the end of his term.

In Washington, Max Scherzer allowed one run and two hits as the Nationals knocked Cubs starter Jake Arrieta out in the fifth on the way to a 6-1 victory in a showdown of the past two NL Cy Young Award winners.

The Nationals stole a franchise-record-tying seven bases, which Cubs catcher

Miguel Montero blamed on Arrieta saying the pitcher was “slow to the plate.”