The Cubs, on the rare occasion that they win a series this year, have had a thing for winning the first two games, before dropping the third. So, I kind of like their chances today. But not tomorrow.
Matt Garza will look to continue a solid stretch of starts, and Bryan LaHair finally gets a start against a lefty.
Game Info
Houston Astros (32-45) at Chicago Cubs (27-49), 3:05pm CT on WGN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
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The Series Preview for this series lives here.
Starting Pitchers
J.A Happ (6-7, 4.83 ERA, 3.87 xFIP)
versus
Matt Garza (3-6, 4.06 ERA, 3.55 xFIP)
Houston Astros Lineup
1. Jordan Schafer, CF
2. Jed Lowrie, SS
3. Carlos Lee, 1B (but he could be gone to the Dodgers by game time)
4. Brian Bogusevic, RF
5. Chris Johnson, 3B
6. Jason Castro, C
7. J.D. Martinez, LF
8. Scott Moore, 2B
9. J.A. Happ, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Brian LaHair, RF
6. Geovany Soto, C
7. Darwin Barney, 2B
8. Luis Valbuena, 3B
9. Matt Garza, P
Play Campana
Til Soriano’s gone dont expect it..
Yes please play a guy with a .320 career Obp, no power, no glove and only one skill over Soriano, DeJesus, lahair.
But that skill is exciting
great point, keep campy on the bench.
Hot damn its about time LaHair is in there
Volstad is getting the start on Tuesday, by the way.
Well we can already chalk up the cubs down 4 runs in the bottom of 1st
Isn’t it down 1 run after the first, down 6 after 4?
ESPN’s bottom line reporting that Carlos Lee no longer willing to waive his no trade clause. Ouch.
Saw that. Awesome news for the Cubs.
Brilliant. Might actually turn out to be a good thing for the Dodgers.
Why wouldn’t lee want the trade?
Food is way too healthy in LA for him…..and those Dodger dogs are barely edible.
So he can DH next year.
Glad to see Scott Moore get a start. I met him when he was in AA (Cubs org) and got an autograph and talked to him for a while. He was a super nice kid. I then went to the Southern League All-Star game later that year and he crushed a homerun.
Hooray. Sveum didn’t start the lineup that has won 4 games all year. A welcome change for sure.
heres hoping that castro sees more than 9 pitches today, work the freakin count kid!
Would ya look at this…..LaHair in vs. a lefty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T_Mo
another average lefty mesmerizing us……
scratch Baltimore as a place for Soriano. They just acquired Thome.