6/23 Dodgers (Greinke) @ Cubs (Hammel) 7:05 PM CSN

[DiamondMind]

1. Yasiel Puig ® RF

2. Joc Pederson (L) CF

3. Howie Kendrick ® 2B

4. Adrian Gonzalez (L) 1B

5. Yasmani Grandal (S) C

6. Andre Ethier (L) LF

7. Alberto Callaspo (S) 3B

8. Jimmy Rollins (S) SS

9. Zack Greinke ® P

 

 

1. Chris Coghlan (L) LF

2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B

3. Kris Bryant ® 3B

4. Miguel Montero (L) C

5. Starlin Castro ® SS

6. Mike Baxter (L) RF

7. Matt Szczur ® CF

8. Jason Hammel ® P

9. Addison Russell ® 2B

 

Gametime Forecast: 70°F • Clear • 0% PoP

[Clem Fandango]

I wouldn't have minded seeing Russell at the top of the lineup today

[Ski]

We forget that even with injuries, our lineup is probably better than half the teams in baseball right now. Our top five hitters in the lineup range from above-average to all-star caliber (if you want to be optimistic and call Castro above average), and even with the mediocre bottom of the lineup, how many teams are proud of their six through nine hitters?

 

Fowler and Soler will be back soon enough, and if Schwarber gets called up in August or September and we trade for a mid-tier starter at the deadline, this team is going to be really fun to watch down the stretch.

[PrimeTime]

Baxter and Szczur back to back.Eww...

[ARCubsFan]

Baxter and Szczur back to back.Eww...

At this point you can add Starlin to this too (unless the game is on the line)

[CyHawk_Cub]

If Hammel goes 7 innings, I think we win this, awful 6-7-8 of the batting order or not.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Baxter and Szczur back to back.Eww...

Szczur took Kershaw deep. He can do no wrong.

[ARCubsFan]

Cardinals and Pirates both down early

[Guest]

i [expletive] you not, rozner was on the radio today criticizing giancarlo stanton for not really wanting to play baseball and only trying to hit home runs...said bryant would hit as many as stanton if he only tried to hit home runs too

[ARCubsFan]

i [expletive] you not, rozner was on the radio today criticizing giancarlo stanton for not really wanting to play baseball and only trying to hit home runs...said bryant would hit as many as stanton if he only tried to hit home runs too

[treebird]

SOMEONE TELL BRYANT TO STOP WANTING TO PLAY BASEBALL

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 2-1 when they've won their last 3 games.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 31-19 (.620) when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 7-11 (.389) when they do

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[PrimeTime]

Damn, almost Miggy

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 17-13 (.567) when they steal a base.... 21-17 (.553) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[PrimeTime]

At least we made him throw 23 pitches that inning.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 14-3 (.824) when they score in the first inning.... 24-27 (.471) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have not scored a 1st inning run in their last 11 games. (6-4)

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have been outscored 39-27 in the 2nd inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS bullpen has an ERA of 0.99 through the last 15 games (10-5)

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[CubInOK]

CUBS bullpen has an ERA of 0.99 through the last 15 games (10-5)

 

 

Go CUBS !!

It's amazing what happens when Schlitter doesn't pitch.

[tfarks]

Good Hammel is back. Greinke is hittable. Gonna win this.

[Guest]

It'd be 4-0 with last night's wind

[Fred Hornkohl]

Hammel has the same batting average as Baxter...... but twice as many RBIs.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Great catch!