Nothing like facing a dominant team on the road to cure what ails ya!
Travis Wood has been great this year, but he’ll face a strong Reds lineup tonight (though a lot of that strength is on the left side of the plate).
Game Info
Chicago Cubs (5-12) at Cincinnati Reds (11-8), 6:10 CT on CSN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
The Game Thread lives here. You should participate in the madness. And, of course, for those who aren’t into message board-style game threads, please feel free to use the comments on this post for your in-game commentary/outbursts.
The Series Preview for this series lives here.
Game Tickets
If you’re looking for Chicago Cubs tickets for today’s game (or any future games), you can use that TiqIQ link there for the secondary market. There are also some available on Cubs.com.
Starting Pitchers
Travis Wood (1-1, 1.83 ERA, 1.63 K/BB)
versus
Mike Leake (1-0, 4.26 ERA, 2.17 K/BB)
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
1. Shin-Soo Choo, CF
2. Zack Cosart, SS
3. Joey Votto, 1B
4. Brandon Phillips, 2B
5. Jay Bruce, RF
6. Todd Frazier, 3B
7. Chris Heisey, LF
8. Devin Mesoraco, C
9. Mike Leake, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Nate Schierholtz, RF
6. Welington Castillo, C
7. Luis Valbuena, 3B
8. Darwin Barney, 2B
9. Travis Wood, P