The Chicago Cubs have a chance on Sunday to win their first series of 2012, but manager Dale Sveum has decided to run out a few of his bench players as he looks to give some regulars a few days of rest with an off-day coming up on Monday. Sveum has also loaded his line up with righties, which is likely a reaction to St. Louis Cardinals righty starter Jake Westbrook putting up reverse splits last season.
Here's today's full line up:
- Reed Johnson, RF
- Blake DeWitt, 2B
- Starlin Castro, SS
- Jeff Baker, 1B
- Ian Stewart, 3B
- Joe Mather, LF
- Geovany Soto, C
- Marlon Byrd, CF
- Paul Maholm, P
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