7:15 pm
August 11

MLB Field of Dreams Game: Cubs v. Reds

Who will WIN this matchup?

Chicago Cubs (45-65)

@ Cincinnati Reds (44-66)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Smyly (CHC): 4-6; 3.97 ERA

Lodolo (CIN) 3-3; 4.40 ERA

 

Current odds:

Chicago Cubs: (-104)

Cincinnati Reds: (-114)

 

• The starting line-up for the Cubs is as follows:

• The starting line-up for the Reds is as follows:

• The field will be the star when the Chicago Cubs play the Cincinnati Reds in the second annual “Field of Dreams” game Thursday night in Dyersville, Iowa. The Reds will bat last and serve as the “home” team while the Cubs will be the designated visiting team.

• The Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees in the inaugural game in 2021 at the stadium built next to the iconic site of the 1989 movie starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and the late Ray Liotta. It will be the first major league game played there since Liotta died in May. The White Sox won the game last year, 9-8, in Hollywood fashion when Tim Anderson drilled a two-run homer into the corn fields in right field in the bottom of the ninth. This year, two teams with no postseason aspirations that have spent time in the cellar of the National League Central are set to square off.

• After winning four of their first six on a nine-game road trip to move to 19 games under .500, the Reds were swept in a three-game series in New York against the Mets and have fallen back into a tie for last place in the NL Central. The Cubs took two of three games from Washington and have won four of six entering Thursday.

• The Cubs will send lefty Drew Smyly (4-6, 3.97 ERA) to the mound in Dyersville. He is 4-0 in his career against Cincinnati with a 3.41 ERA in six appearances (five starts). In his last start on Saturday against Miami, Smyly earned his fourth win of the season, tossing 6 2/3 scoreless innings.

• The Reds will counter with rookie left-hander Nick Lodolo (3-3, 4.40), who will be making his 10th career start, and his first career appearance against the Cubs. In last Saturday’s 7-5 win at Milwaukee, Lodolo allowed three runs, including a pair of homers, in 4 2/3 innings of a no-decision.

4/10
Confidence
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Cincinnati Reds
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