With their win Saturday night/Sunday morning, the Cubs pushed their NL Central lead to 1.5 games, which was made possible by the Brewers losing both ends of a double-header earlier in the day. And with the scuffling Crew playing the streaking Pirates again, it’s possible the Cubs could be up even more soon after starting their last game of the first half.
Anthony Rizzo leads off again, followed by Kris Bryant in right field. Jason Heyward is in center as Albert Almora Jr. takes some time to deal with a family medical situation (everything is reportedly okay). Javy Baez is hitting cleanup in this one, something that would have seemed ridiculous prior to this season.