Chicago Cubs lineup vs. Brewers: Nico Hoerner to start, Ian Happ in CF

Nico Hoerner gets the Opening Day start (Jake Roth - USA Today Sports)

Tony Crumpton · Senior Editor · Friday, July 24 2020

It's finally Opening Day for the Chicago Cubs!

When and Where: The Cubs (0-0) will take on the rival Milwaukee Brewers (0-0) on Friday at 6:10 p.m. CT at Wrigley Field.

Television information: The game will be on the Marquee Sports Network, ESPN, and Fox Sports Wisconsin

Chicago Cubs lineup:

1. Kris Bryant 3B

2. Anthony Rizzo 1B

3. Javier Baez SS

4. Kyle Schwarber LF

5. Willson Contreras C

6. Jason Heyward RF

7. Victor Caratini DH

8. Nico Hoerner 2B

9. Ian Happ CF

The Cubs will have Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 0.00 ERA) on the mound against righty Brandon Woodruff (0-0, 0.00 ERA).

Hendricks is 32-18 with a 2.61 ERA in 81 career games at Wrigley Field.

Milwaukee Brewers lineup:

1. Eric Sogard 3B

2. Christian Yelich LF

3. Keston 2B

4. Justin Smoak 1B

5. Ryan Braun DH

6. Avisail Garcia Rf

7. Omar Narvaez C

8. Lorenzo Cain CF

9. Orlando Arcia SS

Pregame tidbits:

Business casual. pic.twitter.com/9eUDt38t8t
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 24, 2020

Good to see and hear these two guys. pic.twitter.com/4IpQrSfPKU
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) July 24, 2020

Anthony Rizzo: "That was our biggest unifying thing, is we’re all family, we’re all teammates, we’re all brothers in this clubhouse ... And that’s the message we put out, and we feel really good about everything that we’re doing as an organization right now."
— Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) July 24, 2020