Brad Penner - USA Today Sports
Brad Penner - USA Today Sports

Cubs lineup vs. Marlins, Rizzo out


by - Senior Editor -

The Chicago Cubs (37-36) will battle the Miami Marlins at 3:10 p.m. CDT on Saturday afternoon televised on ABC-7 Chicago. Lefty veteran Jon Lester will take the mound for the defending World Champions. In 2017, he has a 4-4 record with 3.83 ERA and 93 strikeouts.

First baseman Anthony Rizzo will get a much needed day off today while Jon Jay will get a chance to leadoff. In other positional news, Kris Bryant will have a rare start at first base.

In injury news, Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward is on the disabled list with a hand abrasion and Ben Zobrist is still out with his wrist injury and currently on the 10-day disabled list. Zobrist stayed back in Chicago to do rehab before being activated by the Cubs hopefully in a few days.

The Cubs are currently still in second place in the National League Central (1.5 GB) behind the Milwaukee Brewers.

Cubs lineup vs. Marlins

1. Jon Jay LF

2. Kris Bryant 1B

3. Willson Contreras C

4. Addison Russell SS

5. Ian Happ 2B

6. Javier Baez 3B

7. Albert Almora Jr CF

8. Mark Zagunis RF

9. Jon Lester P

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