Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Sunday 6/11, 1:20 CT

The Cubs, despite losing four in a row and being a game under .500, are still just two games out of first place in the N.L. Central after the Brewers lost to the Diamondbacks late Saturday night.

There's still plenty of time -- and in my view, plenty of talent -- for the Cubs to turn this season around.

But let's start that today, shall we?

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Jay CF, Bryant 3B, Rizzo 1B, Zobrist 2B, Heyward RF, Baez 2B, Montero C, Russell SS, Arrieta P

Here is today's #Cubs lineup for the homestand finale.

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Rockies lineup:

Blackmon CF, LeMahieu 2B, Gonzalez RF, Reynolds 1B, Desmond LF, Story SS, Valaika 3B, Winters C, Senzatela P

Jake Arrieta vs. Antonio Senzatela

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This game is a pitching rematch of the first game of a doubleheader May 9 in Denver. Trust me, you do not want to click on that link. (Don't say I didn't warn you.)

Jake Arrieta has actually pitched pretty well since that game: five starts, 3.30 ERA, 1.067 WHIP, 32 strikeouts in 30 innings -- essentially the pitcher he was last year. We'd take that kind of performance from him for the rest of this season, I'd think.

Conversely, Antonio Senzatela has been somewhat worse since he shut down the Cubs in that game in Denver -- five starts, 4.60 ERA, 1.295 WHIP, five home runs in 29⅓ innings. Senzatela's ERA is a run higher on the road (4.18) than at home (3.18), which is counterintuitive, but might be to the Cubs' benefit today.

I'm reaching, I know. But it seems as if this matchup might be favorable to the Cubs.

Today's game is on WGN.

Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com game preview

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