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Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals Starting Lineups — July 30, 2026

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

2:15 PM ET · Busch StadiumFinal lineups locked · Jul 30, 11:40 AM ETStats updated Oct 27, 6:06 AM ET

Chicago Cubs

89–73 · 2nd NL Central

Official

StarterAndre Pallante

HandRHP

L / R bats3 L / 5 R / 1 S

OPS vs hand.757 vs RHP

St. Louis Cardinals

77–85 · 4th NL Central

Official

StarterJavier Assad

HandRHP

L / R bats5 L / 4 R

OPS vs hand.688 vs RHP

Chicago Cubs batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Andre Pallante

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1Pete Crow-ArmstrongLCF81.280.372.94245726.973453 PA0-for-1Very small sample

1Pete Crow-Armstrong CF · L.280/.372/.942·45 HRvs hand.973 · 453 PA · 0-for-1 · Very small81H-Score

2Seiya SuzukiRRF75.270.368.84126634.7971-for-2Very small sample

2Seiya Suzuki RF · R.270/.368/.841·26 HRvs hand.797 · 1-for-2 · Very small75H-Score

3Michael BuschL1B65.242.352.74520710.7364-for-4Very small sample

3Michael Busch 1B · L.242/.352/.745·20 HRvs hand.736 · 4-for-4 · Very small65H-Score

4Alex BregmanR3B73.265.355.81928702.799No MLB historyNo MLB history

4Alex Bregman 3B · R.265/.355/.819·28 HRvs hand.799 · No MLB history · No MLB73H-Score

5Ian HappSLF64.218.326.73824636.8161-for-4Very small sample

5Ian Happ LF · S.218/.326/.738·24 HRvs hand.816 · 1-for-4 · Very small64H-Score

6Nico HoernerR2B48.263.316.6668689.665516 PA4-for-11Small sample

6Nico Hoerner 2B · R.263/.316/.666·8 HRvs hand.665 · 516 PA · 4-for-11 · Small48H-Score

7Michael ConfortoLDH68.240.331.80015314.7740-for-1Very small sample

7Michael Conforto DH · L.240/.331/.800·15 HRvs hand.774 · 0-for-1 · Very small68H-Score

8Carson KellyRC56.258.336.71210425.6385-for-8Small sample

8Carson Kelly C · R.258/.336/.712·10 HRvs hand.638 · 5-for-8 · Small56H-Score

9Dansby SwansonRSS50.213.297.69419486.677327 PA0-for-3Very small sample

9Dansby Swanson SS · R.213/.297/.694·19 HRvs hand.677 · 327 PA · 0-for-3 · Very small50H-Score

St. Louis Cardinals batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Javier Assad

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1JJ WetherholtL2B60.242.339.70417619.732375 PA0-for-2Very small sample

1JJ Wetherholt 2B · L.242/.339/.704·17 HRvs hand.732 · 375 PA · 0-for-2 · Very small60H-Score

2Jordan WalkerRRF76.269.327.79329667.769492 PA0-for-3Very small sample

2Jordan Walker RF · R.269/.327/.793·29 HRvs hand.769 · 492 PA · 0-for-3 · Very small76H-Score

3Alec BurlesonL1B75.279.343.81626670.939435 PA3-for-10Small sample

3Alec Burleson 1B · L.279/.343/.816·26 HRvs hand.939 · 435 PA · 3-for-10 · Small75H-Score

4Iván HerreraRDH64.241.353.73519717.6970-for-7Small sample

4Iván Herrera DH · R.241/.353/.735·19 HRvs hand.697 · 0-for-7 · Small64H-Score

5Lars NootbaarLLF63.239.342.7218334.8002-for-11Small sample

5Lars Nootbaar LF · L.239/.342/.721·8 HRvs hand.800 · 2-for-11 · Small63H-Score

6Masyn WinnRSS45.232.308.6255532.5946-for-7Small sample

6Masyn Winn SS · R.232/.308/.625·5 HRvs hand.594 · 6-for-7 · Small45H-Score

7Bryan TorresLLF37.229.309.6404189.672157 PA0-for-1Very small sample

7Bryan Torres LF · L.229/.309/.640·4 HRvs hand.672 · 157 PA · 0-for-1 · Very small37H-Score

8Blaze JordanR3B44.247.276.6583199.556123 PA—

8Blaze Jordan 3B · R.247/.276/.658·3 HRvs hand.556 · 123 PA44H-Score

9Nathan ChurchLCF43.247.290.65410470.671364 PA1-for-4Very small sample

9Nathan Church CF · L.247/.290/.654·10 HRvs hand.671 · 364 PA · 1-for-4 · Very small43H-Score