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Contreras To Catch In Game 2, While Cubs Drop Heyward To 8th In Order

(CBS) Set to face Dodgers lefty ace Clayton Kershaw on Sunday night, the Cubs made a couple changes to their lineup for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.

Rookie Willson Contreras will catch right-hander Kyle Hendricks and bat seventh. Jason Heyward will be in right field again but will bat eighth. Javier Baez will bat sixth.

The rest of the Cubs' lineup is business as usual. Game 2 is set for 7:08 p.m. Sunday, and you can hear the hometown call on 670 The Score. Chicago leads the series 1-0 after a wild 8-4 win in Game 1 on Saturday.

Here's the Cubs' lineup:

Dexter Fowler, CF
Kris Bryant, 3B
Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Ben Zobrist, LF
Addison Russell, SS
Javier Baez, 2B
Willson Contreras, C
Jason Heyward, RF
Kyle Hendricks, P

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