Well, this is certainly an interesting lineup for the Cubs’ final game in Pittsburgh before heading across the pond. I’m not sure I’d shake things up so much after consecutive shutout wins, particularly when the team is 5-17 in the final scheduled game of a series this season, but I don’t make those decisions. David Ross played musical chairs with the lineup and I’m not sure I like the result, though some of it is born of necessity.
Nico Hoerner is back in the leadoff spot and he’ll give Dansby Swanson a rest, which is the only break the regular shortstop gets after x-rays on his wrist came back negative.