Cubs lineup vs. Royals, Schwarber at DH |
Monday's batting lineup for the first game of the series between the Cubs (64-46) and the Royals (34-77) at 7:15 p.m. CDT will be the following:
1. Anthony Rizzo 1B 2. Ben Zobrist 2B 3. Jason Heyward RF 4. Javier Baez 3B 5. Kyle Schwarber DH 6. Willson Contreras C 7. Ian Happ LF 8. Addison Russell SS 9. Albert Almora Jr. CF It will be a pitching battle between Hamels (6-9, 4.53 ERA) and righty Jakob Junis (6-11, 5.12). Zobrist returns to Royals' ballpark for the first time since 2015 when he won a World Series title with them. He is batting .444 since the All-Star break. With regards to the injury news with the Cubs, Brandow Morrow and Yu Darvish played catch as Darvish has a bullpen scheduled for Wednesday. No word on anything new with Kris Bryant. The Cubs game will be televised nationally on NBC Sports Chicago Plus. Lineups, umpires: pic.twitter.com/0Fx7PcFqZ5
