Pittsburgh is set to square off against Chicago in the final game of the two-game set. The Pirates are sending Nick Kingham to the mound to face the Cubs’ Cole Hamels, who is making his Chicago debut.
Hamels is coming off of a horrid month in The Lone Star State, going 1-3 with an 11.12 ERA in July. However, Kingham didn’t exactly thrive over that same time period, going 3-2 while posting a 6.20 ERA.
A Pittsburgh win tonight completes the two game sweep and moves the team to five games back of Chicago.
Here are the lineups for tonight’s 7:05pm contest:
Cubs
- Anthony Rizzo 1B
- Ben Zobrist 2B
- Jason Heyward RF
- Javier Baez 3B
- Ian Happ CF
- Kyle Schwarber LF
- Willson Contreras C
- Cole Hamels P
- Addison Russell SS
Pirates
- Jordan Luplow LF
- Starling Marte CF
- Gregory Polanco RF
- David Freese 3B
- Francisco Cervelli C
- Jose Osuna 1B
- Sean Rodriguez 2B
- Jordy Mercer SS
- Nick Kingham P