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Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Starting Lineups — July 28, 2026

Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.

7:45 PM ET · Busch StadiumFinal lineups locked · Jul 28, 5:20 PM ETStats updated Sep 11, 5:31 PM ET

Chicago Cubs

81–66 · 2nd NL Central

Official

StarterMichael McGreevy

HandRHP

L / R bats3 L / 4 R / 2 S

OPS vs hand.754 vs RHP

St. Louis Cardinals

72–75 · 4th NL Central

Official

StarterColin Rea

HandRHP

L / R bats5 L / 4 R

OPS vs hand.698 vs RHP

Chicago Cubs batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Michael McGreevy

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHROPS vs HandBvP

1Pete Crow-ArmstrongLCF88.281.376.94641.9521-for-7Small sample

1Pete Crow-Armstrong CF · L.281 / .376 / .946 · 41 HRvs hand .952 · 1-for-7 · Small88H-Score

2Seiya SuzukiRRF81.270.369.84924.8052-for-7Small sample

2Seiya Suzuki RF · R.270 / .369 / .849 · 24 HRvs hand .805 · 2-for-7 · Small81H-Score

3Michael BuschL1B71.237.345.73618.7373-for-8Small sample

3Michael Busch 1B · L.237 / .345 / .736 · 18 HRvs hand .737 · 3-for-8 · Small71H-Score

4Alex BregmanR3B77.263.351.80025.7712-for-2Very small sample

4Alex Bregman 3B · R.263 / .351 / .800 · 25 HRvs hand .771 · 2-for-2 · Very small77H-Score

5Ian HappSLF70.220.327.73923.8174-for-8Small sample

5Ian Happ LF · S.220 / .327 / .739 · 23 HRvs hand .817 · 4-for-8 · Small70H-Score

6Nico HoernerR2B52.267.319.6798.6762-for-6Small sample

6Nico Hoerner 2B · R.267 / .319 / .679 · 8 HRvs hand .676 · 2-for-6 · Small52H-Score

7Michael ConfortoLDH76.243.341.82814.7981-for-3Very small sample

7Michael Conforto DH · L.243 / .341 / .828 · 14 HRvs hand .798 · 1-for-3 · Very small76H-Score

8Carson KellyRC63.263.342.73310.6493-for-8Small sample

8Carson Kelly C · R.263 / .342 / .733 · 10 HRvs hand .649 · 3-for-8 · Small63H-Score

9Pedro RamírezS2B57.260.318.7285.6740-for-1Very small sample

9Pedro Ramírez 2B · S.260 / .318 / .728 · 5 HRvs hand .674 · 0-for-1 · Very small57H-Score

St. Louis Cardinals batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Colin Rea

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHROPS vs HandBvP

1JJ WetherholtL2B71.242.343.71317.741—

1JJ Wetherholt 2B · L.242 / .343 / .713 · 17 HRvs hand .74171H-Score

2Jordan WalkerRRF81.281.337.82628.7950-for-6Small sample

2Jordan Walker RF · R.281 / .337 / .826 · 28 HRvs hand .795 · 0-for-6 · Small81H-Score

3Alec BurlesonL1B82.283.350.81722.9440-for-4Very small sample

3Alec Burleson 1B · L.283 / .350 / .817 · 22 HRvs hand .944 · 0-for-4 · Very small82H-Score

4Iván HerreraRDH70.249.360.74416.7250-for-1Very small sample

4Iván Herrera DH · R.249 / .360 / .744 · 16 HRvs hand .725 · 0-for-1 · Very small70H-Score

5Lars NootbaarLDH68.236.339.7156.7374-for-13Small sample

5Lars Nootbaar DH · L.236 / .339 / .715 · 6 HRvs hand .737 · 4-for-13 · Small68H-Score

6Masyn WinnRSS49.236.312.6355.5901-for-3Very small sample

6Masyn Winn SS · R.236 / .312 / .635 · 5 HRvs hand .590 · 1-for-3 · Very small49H-Score

7Nathan ChurchLCF45.244.288.65210.675—

7Nathan Church CF · L.244 / .288 / .652 · 10 HRvs hand .67545H-Score

8José FermínRLF47.242.303.6576.568No MLB historyNo MLB history

8José Fermín LF · R.242 / .303 / .657 · 6 HRvs hand .568 · No MLB history · No MLB47H-Score

9Jimmy CrooksLC45.179.255.5915.569—

9Jimmy Crooks C · L.179 / .255 / .591 · 5 HRvs hand .56945H-Score