The Tampa Bay Rays can finish off their six-game road trip to Chicago with a 3-3 record if they take the final game of their three-game series with the Cubs. Drew Rasmussen (0-1, 5.00 ERA) will get the start, taking on Marcus Stroman (0-1, 6.00 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:40.
Rays Starting Lineup
B. Lowe 2B
Franco SS
Arozarena DH
Choi 1B
J. Lowe LF
Mejia C
Kiermaier CF
Walls 3B
Phillips RF
Cubs Starting Lineup
Ortega LF
Suzuki RF
Villar 3B
Happ DH
Schwindel 1B
Madrigal 2B
Heyward CF
Gomes C
Hoerner SS
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
