NEWSLETTER
Here we go. The NLCS. The Chicago Cubs are in it. There is a game of that series happening tonight. It’s real. It’s transcendent.
But, in some ways, it’s just a series between two very good teams. We know that the Cubs can win. We know that the Mets can win.
Hopefully, it’s a great ride, and the Cubs come out on top.
It starts tonight with Jon Lester facing Matt Harvey, each of whom has the ability to dominate the bats on the other side.
The Cubs go with a pretty typical (of recent weeks, anyway) lineup against a righty in a Jon Lester start, and hopefully the top seven bats in the lineup can do some damage early against Harvey, or at least get his pitch count up.
The Mets go with Michael Cuddyer at first base against the lefty Lester, sitting lefties Lucas Duda and Michael Conforto. Those are a couple big bats to have available late off of the bench.
Game Info
Chicago Cubs v. New York mets, 8:00 CT on TBS.
Game Thread and Series Preview
Your game thread is down there in the comments, so have fun.
The Series Preview lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Jon Lester (3.34 ERA, 2.92 FIP, 3.06 xFIP; 4.40 K/BB)
versus
Matt Harvey (2.71 ERA, 3.05 FIP, 3.24 xFIP; 5.08 K/BB)
New York Mets Lineup
1. Curtis Granderson, RF
2. David Wright, 3B
3. Daniel Murphy, 2B
4. Yoenis Cespedes, LF
5. Travis d’Arnaud, C
6. Michael Cuddyer, 1B
7. Wilmer Flores, SS
8. Juan Lagares, CF
9. Matt Harvey, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. Dexter Fowler, CF
2. Kyle Schwarber, LF
3. Kris Bryant, 3B
4. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
5. Starlin Castro, 2B
6. Jorge Soler, RF
7. Javy Baez, SS
8. David Ross, C
9. Jon Lester, P
