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Pre-Gamin’: Cubs at Athletics (3:05 CT) – Lineup, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Brett Taylor Brett Taylor
Mar 12, 2017
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The Cubs head to their old stomping grounds at Hohokam to take on the resident A’s.

Jake Arrieta takes the ball to start the game, and Rob Zastryzny will take a couple innings at some point thereafter.

The regulars, by and large, get the start in this one again, and Matt Szczur returns to DH.

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Today’s game is being broadcast by the A’s, so it’ll be available on MLB.tv. The Cubs-based audio will be available at MLB.com, and on 670 The Score. For future reference, you can check which games will be televised here.

Cubs Lineup:

  1. Kyle Schwarber, LF
  2. Kris Bryant, 3B
  3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
  4. Ben Zobrist, 2B
  5. Addison Russell, SS
  6. Jason Heyward, RF
  7. Miguel Montero, C
  8. Matt Szczur, DH
  9. Albert Almora, CF

Starting Pitcher: Jake Arrieta

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Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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