Chicago Cubs infielder Ben Zobrist will make his Cactus League debut on Thursday afternoon, manager Joe Maddon declared.
Zobrist, who had missed the get started of spring teaching as an excused absence, will bat 2nd and serve as the selected hitter as the Cubs welcome the Oakland A’s to Sloan Park for a Thursday afternoon matinee.
Cubs appropriate fielder Jason Heyward will also be back again in the lineup right after missing the previous two times because of to a private difficulty. He will bat seventh and engage in appropriate area for the Cubs in the activity, as Chicago rolls out a lineup that bears a good deal of similarity to a regular time variation.
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Kyle Hendricks will be on the hill for the Cubs in the activity, and Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, and Javier Baez will also get the starts as the Cubs struggle the A’s in a conference of Mesa-based mostly golf equipment. 1st pitch is scheduled for 2:05 p.m., and a radio contact of the activity will stream on the Cubs’ web page.
