Rockies vs Cubs MLB Live Stream Reddit for Thursday's Game
By Joey Mauceri
The Colorado Rockies (31-29) and Chicago Cubs (34-26) will conclude their series Thursday night with Game 3 at Wrigley Field. The Cubs will be going for the sweep after taking game on Wednesday by a score of 9-8, due to David Bote's 7 RBI outing.
How to Live Stream the Game
First pitch is slated for 2:20pm ET. The game will be broadcast on NBCSCH and ATTR, live streaming will become available on the MLB streams subreddit.
Rockies Lineup
The Rockies are sticking with Ramiel Tapia at the leadoff spot, followed by slugging shortstop Trevor Story and elite third baseman Nolan Arenado. David Dahl is in the cleanup spot, followed by Brendan Rodgers and Ian Desmond. Daniel Murphy takes a seat for this game, with Mark Reynolds drawing the start at first base.
RHP Peter Lambert will take the mound for the Rockies in his major league debut, facing a tall task as he looks to tame the Cubbies lineup.
The Rockies turned their campaign around after an abysmal start to the year, and were winners of eight in a row before losing the first two games of this series. Nolan Arenado is doing Arenado things, having another MVP-caliber season and turning in an incredible month of May, carrying the Rockies offense with an absurd .425 average, 9 homers, 29 RBI, and 1.262 OPS.
Cubs Lineup
Once again, the top of the Cubs order features Kyle Schwarber as the leadoff hitter, with Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo and Javy Báez following suit. Willson Contreras is the backstop and batting fifth, while the scorching hot David Bote looks to follow up Wednesday night's outing hitting from the six-hole.
Jose Quintana will toe the rubber for Chicago looking for his fifth win. He's struggled of late, having gone 1-3 in the month of May, surrendering 13 runs across 29 innings, good for a 4.03 ERA. His strikeouts were way down, however, as he only fanned 18 batters in his five starts during the month, compared to 38 strikeouts in April.
The Cubs have not only been knocking in a ton of runs of late, they received a huge boost to their bullpen on Wednesday when they signed All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel to a three-year, $43 million deal. Kimbrel will help to solidify the back end of a Cubs bullpen that has been shaky so far this season.