Matt Marton - USA Today Sports
Matt Marton - USA Today Sports

Cubs lineup vs. Giants, Zobrist to leadoff


by - Senior Editor -

Friday afternoon's batting lineup for the first game of a three-game series between the Cubs (25-21) and the San Francisco Giants (24-26) at 1:20 p.m. CDT at Wrigley Field will be the following:

1. Ben Zobrist RF

2. Albert Almora J. CF

3. Kris Bryant 3B

4. Anthony Rizzo 1B

5. Willson Contreras C

6. Javier Baez 2B

7. Ian Happ LF

8. Addison Russell SS

9. Kyle Hendricks P

Outfielders Jason Heyward and Kyle Schwarber are sitting against the lefty.

Cubs will have Hendricks on the mound (3-3, 3.40 ERA) against lefty Derek Holland (2-5, 4.94 ERA).

The contest will be televised today on ABC Chicago 7, MLB Network (out-of-market-only), and MLB.TV.

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