It’s Ron Santo Day at Wrigley Field as the Cubs host the Cardinals. We love and miss you, Ronnie.
Travis Wood will try to put together his first good post-All-Star break start.
Game Info
St. Louis Cardinals (53-46) at Chicago Cubs (40-57), 1:20pm 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
Travis Wood (4-5, 4.33 ERA, 5.06 FIP)
versus
Lance Lynn (12-4, 3.10 ERA, 3.23 FIP)
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
1. Rafael Furcal, SS
2. Jon Jay, CF
3. Matt Holliday, LF
4. Allen Craig, RF
5. Lance Berkman, 1B
6. Yadier Molina, C
7. Matt Carpenter, 3B
8. Daniel Descalso, 2B
9. Lance Lynn, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. David JeJesus, CF
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Bryan LaHair, RF
6. Geovany Soto, C
7. Darwin Barney, 2B
8. Luis Valbuena, 3B
9. Travis Wood, P