The Chicago Cubs have won only one series this season, but they have a chance to win their second one tonight. And a pretty good chance at that.
The Marlins’ lineup is pretty weak (minus my boy, Starlin Castro, of course) and their starting pitcher, Pablo Lopez, has allowed 11 earned runs through 15 innings this season. He does have a pretty killer 17/2 strikeout-to-walk ratio, but the 19 hits and two homers (plus all those runs) paint a slightly different picture. As I noted in the lineup post, he’s also a reverse-split righty, so don’t expect the lefties to have the advantage.
Opposite Lopez you’ll find Jose Quintana, who’s coming off one of his best starts as a Cub and one of (if not) the Cubs’ best start of the year. On top of that, the Marlins have an 86 wRC+ against left-handers this season, so this could be a nice matchup for Q. Let’s see if he can follow himself up with another high-quality outing against a weaker opponent on the road. Go Cubs.
Game Info
Chicago Cubs (6-9) at Miami Marlins (4-13) – Tuesday, April 16th at 6:10 CT on CSC, 670 The Score
Starting Pitchers
Marlins: Pablo Lopez (R): 6.60 ERA, 3.21 FIP; 8.50 K/BB
versus
Cubs: Jose Quintana (L): 5.15 ERA, 4.28 FIP; 3.14 K/BB
Chicago Cubs Lineup:
- Daniel Descalso, 2B
- Kris Bryant, LF
- Anthony Rizzo, 1B
- Javy Baez, SS
- Jason Heyward, RF
- Willson Contreras, C
- David Bote, 3B
- Albert Almora Jr., CF
- Jose Quintana, P
Miami Marlins Lineup:
- Miguel Rojas, SS
- Brian Anderson, 3B
- Starlin Castro, 2B
- Jorge Alfaro, C
- Martin Prado, 1B
- Isaac Galloway, RF
- Austin Dean, LF
- Lewis Brinson, CF
- Pablo Lopez, P