Game Thread: Kingham vs Lester

The Pirates’ Nick Kingham is set face off against Chicago’s Jon Lester in game two of the series.

Kingham will look to get reacquainted with the win column as he is winless in his last three starts.

His opponent, Lester, is 6-2 on the season with a 2.44 ERA and his numbers are even better as of late.

Game time is 2:20pm.

Here are the lineups:

PIRATES

1. Jordy Mercer SS
2. Austin Meadows LF
3. Starling Marte CF
4. Francisco Cervelli C
5. David Freese 3B
6. Josh Bell 1B
7. Gregory Polanco RF
8. Sean Rodriguez 2B
9. Nick Kingham P

CUBS

1. Kris Bryant 3B
2. Jason Heyward RF
3. Ben Zobrist 2B
4. Anthony Rizzo 1B
5. Willson Contreras C
6. Kyle Schwarber LF
7. Ian Happ CF
8. Addison Russell SS
9. Jon Lester P