Pre-Gamin’: Cubs at Cardinals (7:15 CT) – Lineup, Broadcast Info, Game Thread
The Cubs have a chance to do some real redeeming tonight in St. Louis (what a ridiculous thing to say about a team that is 16 games above .500 in May with the best record in baseball).
The game kicks off at 7:15 and I’m pretty excited for the Cubs to hop right back on the proverbial horse with a series win against the Cardinals.
Tonight, they’ll face a familiar foe in Adam Wainwright, who’s had a really tough start to the season, but was at his best the last time out. Hopefully, they can take advantage of his general down swing and unusually low strikeout rate in 2016 (13.5%).
The last time these two teams met was also in St. Louis, when the Cubs took 2 out of 3 from the red birds. The man who kicked things off last time also happened to be tonight’s starting pitcher, John Lackey. Lackey threw seven shutout innings against the Cardinals with eleven strikeouts to just one walk. It was really his best start of the season (to that point), and a start that saw him induce 22(!) swings and misses. I’m not sure this really means anything, but Lackey does have a career 1.94 ERA in 162.1 innings pitched at Busch Stadium. Hopefully, he can keep that going tonight.
Game Info
Chicago Cubs (29-13) at St. Louis Cardinals (23-21), 7:15 CT on CSN+, 670 The Score. (UPDATE: Also on CLTV, if your CSN+ is having problems.)
Game Thread and Series Preview
Your game thread is down there in the comments, so have fun. But keep it “safe for work” type fun, all right?
The Series Preview lives here. The Lineup Discussion lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Cubs: John Lackey (R): 3.31 ERA, 3.07 FIP, 3.38 xFIP; 4.33 K/BB
versus
Giants: Adam Wainwright (R): 5.92 ERA, 4.00 FIP, 4.53 xFIP; 2.21 K/BB
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
1. Matt Carpenter, 3B
2. Aledmys Diaz, SS
3. Matt Holliday, LF
4. Stephen Piscotty, RF
5. Brandon Moss, 1B
6. Yadier Molina, C
7. Randal Grichuk, CF
8. Kolton Wong, 2B
9. Adam Wainwright , P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. Dexter Fowler, CF
2. Kris Bryant, RF
3. Ben Zobrist, 2B
4. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
5. Jorge Soler, LF
6. Miguel Montero, C
7. Javy Baez, 3B
8. Addison Russell, SS
9. John Lackey, P
