With more rain threatening, the Cubs and Giants will today try and complete their rain-suspended game from Tuesday. The expected start time is 4:05pm CT, and it’ll be the bottom of the 5th with the Cubs up 2-0. The tarp is currently on the field. That is not a joke, by the way.
After that, at 7:05pm CT, the Cubs will play the Giants in today’s regularly-scheduled affair. It’s Social Media Night at the ballpark, which means a variety of things, but most importantly, it means it’s a good time to meet up with folks you’ve known only electronically to this point. I’ll be at the #CubsSocial event pre-game at 5:15/5:30, and I hope to see many of you there. (If you choose not to go to the make-up game, which you can do if you’ve got a ticket for tonight’s game.)
Travis Wood gets the start tonight (Jacob Turner is “starting” the resumed game) for the Cubs, and fellow lefty Madison Bumgarner goes for the Giants.
Game Info
San Francisco Giants (66-58) at Chicago Cubs (54-71), 7:05 CT on CSN
Game Thread and Series Preview
Game threads now live here in the comments – and with Disqus, they should be even more enjoyable.
The Series Preview lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Madison Bumgarner (3.14 ERA, 2.97 FIP, 3.02 xFIP; 4.51 K/BB)
versus
Travis Wood (4.86 ERA, 4.21 FIP, 4.56 xFIP; 1.85 K/BB)
San Francisco Giants Lineup
(This is last night’s lineup, because the real thing hasn’t yet been released. I had to head out, so if someone could be helpful and update in the comments, I’d be much obliged.)
1. Angel Pagan, CF
2. Hunter Pence, RF
3. Pablo Sandoval, 3B
4. Michael Morse, LF
5. Joe Panik, 2B
6. Travis Ishikawa, 1B
7. Andrew Susac, C
8. Brandon Crawford, SS
9. Madison Bumgarner, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
(This is last night’s lineup, because the real thing hasn’t yet been released. I had to head out, so if someone could be helpful and update in the comments, I’d be much obliged.)
1. Chris Coghlan, LF
2. Javier Baez, SS
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Luis Valbuena, 3B
5. Ryan Sweeney, RF
6. Arismendy Alcantara, CF
7. Chris Valaika, 2B
8. John Baker, C
9. Travis Wood, P