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Cubs vs. Indians at Las Vegas preview, Saturday 3/17, 6:05 CT

The second game of today’s “doubleheader” vs. Cleveland.

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Here’s all the info you will need for tonight’s game. A recap of this game will be posted here at 8 a.m. CT tomorrow; a recap of this afternoon’s game in Mesa will be posted a bit later this evening.

Cubs lineup:

Bote 2B, Bryant 3B, Rizzo 1B, Russell SS, Heyward RF, Gimenez C, Zagunis LF, Hannemann CF, Quintana P

Indians lineup:

Lindor SS, Davis DH, Kipnis 2B, Napoli 1B, Diaz 3B, Upton RF, Zimmer CF, Haase C, Allen LF

Jose Quintana will start for the Cubs. Cubs relievers tonight: Carl Edwards Jr., Dario Alvarez and Randy Rosario.

Ryan Merritt gets the call for the Indians. Other Cleveland pitchers for this game: Zach McAllister, Ben Taylor, Evan Marshall, Cameron Hill and our old friend Jeff Beliveau.

This game is on 670 The Score with Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer. It’s also on WGN-TV with Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies.

MLB.com Gameday

Please note that during spring training, Gameday doesn't usually go pitch-by-pitch as it does during the regular season -- usually, it will update after each at-bat.

Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.

Please visit our SB Nation Indians site Let’s Go Tribe. If you do go there to interact with Indians fans, please be respectful, abide by their individual site rules and serve as a good representation of Cub fans in general and BCB in particular.

For spring-training games, we'll have a first-pitch thread at five minutes to game time and one overflow thread, 90 minutes after game time (because I know how you all like overflow threads!). For tonight, that will be 6 p.m. CT and 7:30 p.m. CT.

These threads will not post individually onto the front page; instead, you can find links to them in the box marked "Chicago Cubs Game Threads" at the bottom of the front page. There will also be a StoryStream on the front page with all the game thread links, as well as the recap after the game is over. The pitcher boxes and regular-season stats will return on Opening Day.

Discuss amongst yourselves.