Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ben Zobrist Back in the Starting Lineup

The Chicago Cubs lost again yesterday, dropping the first two games of their series in Cincinnati.

Here’s the group that’ll try to salvage a win and avoid a particularly ugly sweep:

1. Jon Jay, LF
2. Kris Bryant, 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Ben Zobrist, RF
5. Willson Contreras, C
6. Ian Happ, CF
7. Addison Russell, SS
8. Javy Baez, 2B
9. Jake Arrieta, P

Ben Zobrist returns to the cleanup spot, where he was originally envisioned so many weeks ago. Hopefully that wrist is back to 100%, and he can knock in a few runs today with the men ahead of him getting on base.

There is a lot of theoretically productivity there in the lineup, but the Cubs have to put bats to balls, so to speak.

As usual, we’ll have your full Pre-Gamin’ closer to game time (12:10 CT).