Chicago Cubs lineup vs. Pirates: Kris Bryant at CF, Eric Sogard at 2B

Bryant is batting second and at CF today (Kareem Elgazzar - USA Today Sports)

by Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor - Sat May 08 11:19:48 GMT-05:00 2021

Game time: The Chicago Cubs (16-16) will battle the Pittsburgh Pirates (13-18) on Saturday (1:20 p.m. CT) at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL.

TV information: The game will be on Marquee Sports Network [Watch here] and ATT SportsNet PIT.

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Full recap/takeaways later on CubsHQ.com.

Cubs lineup:

Joc Pederson LF

Kris Bryant CF

Javy Baez SS

Anthony Rizzo 1B

Willson Contreras C

Jason Heyward RF

David Bote 3B

Eric Sogard 2B

Trevor Williams P

Pitching matchup: The Cubs will have righty Trevor Williams (2-2, 6.00 ERA) on the mound against righty Wil Crowe (0-1, 4.66 ERA).

Getting ready for some Saturday afternoon Bucco baseball.

We're on PIT2 today: https://t.co/PKk86T1tKo pic.twitter.com/7jLMasWZMl
— Pirates (@Pirates) May 8, 2021

Pregame tidbits:

From the Cubs' notes:

Since April 17, Chicago leads MLB in OPS (.808), OBP (.345), SLG (.463), XBH (67), R (115) and R/game (6.05).

This comes after the Cubs hit .166/.267/.307 in the 1st 13 games of the season.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) May 8, 2021