After last night’s win, the Chicago Cubs have a better record than the defending champion Giants. Set aside the selloff for a moment, and the fact that the Cubs are still a million games out of a playoff spot – right now, they aren’t terrible. And that’s something.
Chris Rusin continues his fill-in quest to stick in the rotation tonight. Dioner Navarro is your cleanup hitter, which actually isn’t all that crazy.
Game Info
Chicago Cubs (46-55) at San Francisco Giants (46-56), 8:05 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 (1-0, 5.40 ERA, 5.45 FIP)
versus
Madison Bumgarner (10-6, 2.93 ERA, 3.24 FIP)
San Francisco Giants Lineup
1. Andres Torres, CF
2. Tony Abreu, 2B
3. Buster Posey, C
4. Pablo Sandoval, 3B
5. Hunter Pence, RF
6. Jeff Francoeur, LF
7. Joaquin Arias, SS
8. Brandon Belt, 1B
9. Madison Bumgarner, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. Junior Lake, CF
2. Cody Ransom, 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Dioner Navarro, C
5. Starlin Castro, SS
6. Nate Schierholtz, RF
7. Cole Gillespie, LF
8. Darwin Barney, 2B
9. Chris Rusin, P