Rockies @ Cubs: Butler vs. Lester (Game 100 Thread)
COL (43-55): RHP Eddie Butler (3-6, 4.77)
CHC (52-47): LHP Jon Lester (5-8, 3.32)
First pitch: 1:20pmCT
Blackmon* cf Reyes# ss Arenado 3b Gonzalez* rf Lemahieu 2b Stubbs lf Paulson* 1b Hundley c Butler p | Fowler# cf Schwarber* lf Bryant 3b Rizzo* 1b Coghlan* rf Russell ss Ross c Lester* p Herrera# 2b |
Lester gave up 2 ER in 7 innings against the Phillies for a no-decision last Friday. He pitched in Colorado in June 2010, giving up 1 ER and 6 hits and taking the loss in the 2-1 game. The Rockies are 11-59 against him (.186). Morneau is 7-22 (.318) with a HR.
Butler had a no decision (6 IP, 3 ER) against the Reds his last time out. He is 2-3 with a 3.89 ERA on the road and 2-1 with a 2.82 in day games. Only Montero (1-2) has faced him.
Ramirez (left ab soreness) returns to the DL and Beeler is back to AAA. To take their spots, Medina and RHP Ben Rowen are called up. For AA and AAA (BAL and CHC), Rowen was a combined 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA. The bigger news is that Castro and Soler sit and Schwarber gets his first start in LF. (I like it....discuss.)
So back to 5 over .500 we go, which means the Cubs have been playing .500 ball since April 28, when they went 12-7 after beating the Pirates.
For the series with the Brewers, we’ll see Nelson vs. Arrieta, Jungmann vs. Hammel, Garza (and his mouth) vs. Hendricks, and Lohse vs. Someone Who is not Named Beeler.
Go Cubs!
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