The Cubs welcome the Tigers to Wrigley Field tonight, and will look to avoid being the Tigers’ soft place to fall. Max Scherzer’s been up and down lately, so he could be great tonight, or ugly. Either way, we’ll probably attribute the results to Rudy Jaramillo’s firing, because that makes sense.
Game Info
Detroit Tigers (28-32) at Chicago Cubs (20-40), 7:05pm CT on CSN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
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The Series Preview for this series lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Max Scherzer (5-4, 5.88 ERA, 4.44 FIP)
versus
Paul Maholm (4-5, 5.10 ERA, 5.10 FIP)
Detroit Tigers Lineup
1. Austin Jackson, CF
2. Brennan Boesch, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 3B
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Delmon Young, LF
6. Jhonny Peralta, SS
7. Gerald Laird, C
8. Danny Worth, 2B
9. Max Scherzer, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. Tony Campana, CF
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. David DeJesus, RF
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Bryan LaHair, 1B
6. Steve Clevenger, C
7. Darwin Barney, 2B
8. Ian Stewart, 3B
9. Paul Maholm, P