The Pirates take on the Cubs and manager Marcus Welby Joe Maddon, who has brilliantly led baseball’s best collection of talent to a 42-43 record. The Cubs recently lost John Lackey to a condition sometimes known as Kang’s Revenge, and are also missing Kyle Hendricks and Brett Anderson. Starting today is the slightly less familiar face of Eddie Butler. Trevor Williams starts for the Pirates.
Pirates
TBD
Cubs
- Ben Zobrist, 2B
- Kris Bryant, 3B
- Anthony Rizzo, 1B
- Ian Happ, CF
- Kyle Schwarber, LF
- Jason Heyward, RF
- Victor Caratini, C
- Addison Russell, SS
- Eddie Butler, P