Cubs lineup vs. Cards, Contreras to leadoff |
The Cubs will try to snap a season high four-game losing streak tonight.
Sunday night's batting lineup for the third game of the series between the Cubs (16-14) and the Cardinals (19-12) at 7:07 p.m. CDT at Busch Stadium will be the following: 1. Willson Contreras C 2. Kyle Schwarber LF 3. Kris Bryant 3B 4. Anthony Rizzo 1B 5. Addison Russell SS 6. Ian Happ CF 7. Javier Baez 2B 8. Jason Heyward RF 9. Jon Lester P Catcher Willson Contreras will get his third career start at leadoff and it is the fifth different lead-off men for the Cubs this season. Outfielders Ben Zobrist and Albert Almora Jr. are not in the starting lineup. Cubs will have Lester on the mound (2-1, 2.73 ERA) against righty Michael Wacha (4-1, 3.62 ERA). The game will be televised tonight on ESPN and MLB.TV. Cardinals lineup vs. Cubs Bader CF Fowler RF J. Martínez 1B Ozuna LF Gyorko 3B DeJong SS Wong 2B Peña C Wacha P
