There is a baseball game today.
Scott Feldman was supposed to start tonight for the Cubs in Oakland, but he’s off to join the Orioles, so it’ll be AAA call-up Chris Rusin instead.
Game Info
Chicago Cubs (35-45) at Oakland A’s (48-35), 9:05 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.
Starting Pitchers
Chris Rusin (0-0, -.– ERA, 2013 big league debut)
versus
A.J. Griffin (6-6, 3.56 ERA, 4.12 FIP)
Oakland A’s Lineup
1. Coco Crisp, DH
2. Jed Lowrie, 2B
3. Yoenis Cespedes, LF
4. Josh Donaldson, 3B
5. Nate Freiman, 1B
6. Chris Young, CF
7. Josh Reddick, RF
8. Derek Norris, C
9. Adam Rosales, SS
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. Luis Valbuena, 3B
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. Nate Schierholtz, RF
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
6. Dioner Navarro, DH
7. Brian Bogusevic, CF
8. Darwin Barney, 2B
9. Welington Castillo, C