Chicago Cubs host the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field on Monday afternoon in their home opener
The Chicago Cubs (1-2) are at Wrigley Field on Monday afternoon for their home opener when they host the Colorado Rockies (1-3). The Cubs’ starting rotation, already down Jameson Taillon (back) took another hit in their opener when left-hander Justin Steele strained a hamstring fielding a bunt. He’s expected to miss the rest of April. Colorado reliever Daniel Bard, who saved 34 games in 2022, landed on the 15-day injured list while recovering from a cleanup procedure on his left knee in mid-February. The Rockies opened the season by dropping three of four to the Arizona Diamondbacks while Chicago lost two of three to the defending champion Texas Rangers.
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Game Date: April 1, 2024
Game Time: 2 p.m. ET
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Ian Happ tied a career-high on Sunday with four hits and gave the Cubs the lead with a bases-loaded walk during a four-run ninth inning that lifted them to a 9-5 victory on Sunday. Christopher Morel slugged a three-run homer in the first and Seiya Suzuki’s two-run single helped power the ninth-inning rally.
Colorado committed three errors while mustering only five hits in a 5-1 loss at Arizona on Sunday. Jacob Stallings’ RBI single in the fifth produced its only run as the team hit just .225/.289/.357 in the series. Kris Bryant had a particularly tough series, finishing 0-for-10 with seven strikeouts.
Left-hander Shota Imanaga is scheduled to make his major-league debut for Chicago on Monday. The 30-year-old had a 2.66 ERA and 1.019 WHIP in 159 innings for the Yokohama Bay Stars last season, fanning 188. Free-agent acquisition Dakota Hudson takes the ball for the Rockies. In 81.1 innings for the St. Louis Cardinals last season, Hudson posted a 4.98 ERA and 1.500 WHIP.
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