Cubs @ Diamondbacks: Hammel vs Ray (Game 4)
Lackey gets lit up, Schwarber goes down, and the Cubs bats make ‘em pay.CHC (3-0): RHP Jason Hammel
AZ (1-3): LHP Robbie Ray
First pitch: 8:40pmCT
Apart from Heaney’s bloody nose--I suspect the gauze will not make it to Cooperstown--the first two games were almost boring. Yesterday’s was interesting--too interesting. A sprained ankle for Schwarber is the best-case scenario, after what looked more like a knee injury. UPDATE: Schwarber is out for the year with fully torn ACL and LCL ligaments in his left knee.
Schwarber was supposed to catch Hammel, so that experiment is on hold. The D’Backs are 11-48 off of Hammel. Goldschmidt is 3-8 with a HR.
Ray faced the Cubs last September in Chicago, when he gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 5 innings and took the 2-0 loss. (That’ll teach him to match up against Arrieta.) Fowler is 3-6 with a HR.
Hendricks vs. Greinke tomorrow.
Go, Cubs!--and stay safe.
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