Cubs lineup vs. Cardinals, Almora to sit

Benny Sieu - USA Today Sports

by Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor - May 3, 2019, 10:39 AM

It's rivalry time!

The Chicago Cubs (16-12) will battle the first-place St. Louis Cardinals (20-11) at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL on Friday at 1:20 p.m. CDT.

How to watch: The game will be televised on MLB.TV, Fox Sports Midwest, NBC Sports Chicago, and MLB Network (out-of-market only).

Feel free to visit CubsHQ.com during the game as we will have a live game thread covering the ballgame with one of our writers. If you haven't joined our 100% free site, REGISTER HERE. It takes only 30 seconds to get a full membership.

Cubs lineup:

Kris Bryant 3B

Javier Baez SS

Ben Zobrist RF

Pitching matchup: The Cubs will have the 'Professor' (1-4, 5.33 ERA) on the mound against righty Jack Flaherty (3-1, 4.06 ERA). In 11 career starts against the Cardinals, he is 5-2 with a 3.38 ERA.

Just a couple guys who can drive a baseball really far & one golfer who does the same... @ARizzo44 @DexterFowler & @JustinThomas34 catching up before #Cubs #Cards pic.twitter.com/dYNgumfRfc
— Kelly Crull (@Kelly_Crull) May 3, 2019

Nothing “boring” about Cubs-Cardinals. pic.twitter.com/TlrZAMA3uT
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) May 3, 2019

#31 is reserved for the best on the North Side. #OTD in 2009, the number was raised at Wrigley for @FergieJenkins31 and @gregmaddux. @LukeStuckmeyer with more on the all-time #Cubs pitchers: https://t.co/WqkU5C31Hj pic.twitter.com/3vguVIztRC
— Cubs Talk (@NBCSCubs) May 3, 2019

It's one of the best rivalries in baseball.

The @Cubs and @Cardinals square off for the first time in 2019 at 2pm ET on MLB Network.#EverybodyIn| #TimeToFly pic.twitter.com/Xo4srWhhgZ
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) May 3, 2019