Either Joe Maddon is counting on a reversal in the splits, or he doesn’t care about them at all, because he’s going lefty-heavy against a righty who has allowed a .379 OPS to lefties this season. Yay, baseball!
Ben Zobrist leads off at second base, followed by Jason Heyward, Kris Bryant, and Anthony Rizzo. Heyward is coming off of consecutive three-hit games and his peripherals signal a big improvement over his numbers from the past two seasons.
Willson Contreras bats fifth, Javy Baez is playing short and hitting sixth, Kyle Schwarber handles the duties in left, and Ian Happ is in right.