Cliff Lee remains very good, and is the latest of a long line of dominant pitchers the Cubs have faced lately. It’s weird when Roy Halladay was the easy one.
Game Info
Philadelphia Phillies (62-73) at Chicago Cubs (56-78), 3:05 CT on CSN, MLBN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
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The Series Preview lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Cliff Lee (11-6, 3.07 ERA, 3.03 FIP)
versus
Chris Rusin (2-3, 2.64 ERA, 3.82 FIP)
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
(Yesterday’s lineup, due to writing early – if someone could post the correct lineup in the comments when it is released, I’d be much obliged.)
1. Michael Young, 3B
2. Jimmy Rollins, SS
3. Chase Utley, 2B
4. Domonic Brown, LF
5. Carlos Ruiz, C
6. Darin Ruf, 1B
7. John Mayberry, RF
8. Roger Bernadina, CF
9. Cliff Lee, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
(Yesterday’s lineup, due to writing early – if someone could post the correct lineup in the comments when it is released, I’d be much obliged.)
1. Starlin Castro, SS
2. Junior Lake, CF
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Dioner Navarro, C
5. Nate Schierholtz, RF
6. Donnie Murphy, 3B
7. Brian Bogusevic, LF
8. Darwin Barney, 2B
9. Chris Rusin, P