The St. Louis Cardinals slugged their way to victory on Sunday afternoon, improving their record in series finales this season to 7-4. However, Monday night was not a series finale, and St. Louis was 4-20 in all other games heading into tonight’s rivalry tilt with the Chicago Cubs.
With a chance to string two wins together for the first time since April 11-12, here are how the starting lineups shaped up for both squads:
Cardinals (Arenado was scratched right before first pitch with “neck stiffness”):
- Lars Nootbaar, RF
- Paul Goldschmidt, 1B
- Nolan Gorman, 3B
- Willson Contreras, DH
- Brendan Donovan, LF
- Paul DeJong, SS
- Dylan Carlson, CF
- Tommy Edman, 2B
- Andrew Knizner, C
Miles Mikolas - SP
And for the Cubs:
- Nico Hoerner, 2B
- Dansby Swanson, SS
- Ian Happ, LF
- Cody Bellinger, CF
- Seiya Suzuki, RF
- Trey Mancini, DH
- Matt Mervis, 1B
- Patrick Wisdom, 3B
- Tucker Barnhart, C
Marcus Stroman - SP
With a game time temperature of 48 degrees and winds whipping at 10-15 mph, it was a brisk evening for baseball on the north side of Chicago Monday night.