Cubs lineup vs. Rangers, Zobrist to leadoff |
The Chicago Cubs (1-0) will battle the Texas Rangers (0-1) on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. CDT at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas.
How to watch: The game will be televised on MLB.TV, NBC Sports Chicago, and Fox Sports Southwest. A few lineup observations: Veteran Ben Zobrist is leading off while playing second base and Kris Bryant is in left field. David Bote gets the start at third base. Kyle Schwarber gets his first start (DH) of the young season. Cubs lineup vs. Rangers: Ben Zobrist 2B Kris Bryant LF Javier Baez SS David Bote 3B Albert Almora Jr. CF Pitching matchup: Yu Darvish will be on the mound for the Cubs against righty Edinson Volquez. This will be Darvish's first career start against his former team. Volquez has been dominant against the Cubs in the past sporting an unbeaten 8-0 record with a 3.10 ERA in 12 career starts. However, he missed the entire 2018 season rehabbing a Tommy John injury so it will be interesting to see how he performs tonight against the 2019 Cubs. Two Cubs hitters that have had some sucess against Volquez would be Rizzo (4-for-12) and Heyward (4-for-11). Rangers lineup vs. Cubs: Shin-Soo Choo DH Rougned Odor 2B Elvis Andrus SS Nomar Mazara RF Joey Gallo LF Asdrubal Cabrera 3B Ronald Guzman 1B Isiah Kiner-Falefa C Delino DeShields CF We asked, you answered.
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