Chicago Cubs lineup vs. White Sox: Rizzo out, Schwarber at cleanup |
| - - Sunday, July 19, 2020, 4:20 PM |
Chicago Cubs baseball is back!
Well sorta, with tonight's Cubs (8-12) exhibition game against the rival White Sox (10-7) at Wrigley Field at 7:05 p.m. CT on ESPN (out-of-market only), Marquee Sports Network, and NBC Sports Chicago (White Sox).
Should be some interesting baseball tonight.
Here are the lineups for tonight's action for the Cubs:
Kris Bryant 3B
Jason Kipnis DH
Javier Baez SS
Nico Hoerner 2B
Albert Almora Jr. CF
Lineup Note: Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo is not in the lineup today but will go through a full day of work as he is feeling fine according to reports.
Ian Happ is a late replacement for Albert Almora Jr. in CF and will bat ninth for the Cubs.
Rizzo BP: pic.twitter.com/OmHRKmEaKu
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 19, 2020
Rizzo Watch: Went through a few rounds of BP, then moved on to fielding work. Grounders at first, throws to second, etc; pic.twitter.com/ShKePGvxvd
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) July 19, 2020
Chicago White Sox lineup:
Tim Anderson SS
Eloy Jimenez LF
Jose Abreu 1B
Yasmani Grandal C
Edwin Encarnacion DH
Luis Robert CF
Leury Garcia 2B
Cheslor Cuthbert 3B
Adam Engel RF
Pitching notes: The Cubs will have righty Kyle Hendricks on the mound (0-0, 1.00 ERA) against righty Drew Anderson (0-1, 6.75 ERA). Tomorrow Yu Darvish will be on the mound and Lester and Alec Mills will go on Wednesday against the Twins.
Opening Day will have Hendricks, followed by Yu Darvish, and then Tyler Chatwood according to David Ross during media availability.
Pre-game notes:
Testing out the fake crowd noise here pic.twitter.com/mbLVIXZNL5
— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) July 19, 2020
Lester and Mills to face Twins on Wednesday night
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 19, 2020
Kyle Ryan “looks good to go,” Ross says
— Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 19, 2020
— Len Kasper (@LenKasper) July 19, 2020
