Padres @ Cubs: Diaz vs Butler (Game 71)

SD (28-44): RHP Miguel Diaz (1-1, 7.36)

CHC (36-34): RHP Eddie Butler (3-2, 4.41)

First pitch: 1:20pmCST

Butler gave up 6 ER in 4.1 innings in San Diego and took one of the loses in the road trip out West. He gave up 4 ER in 5.2 innings in Pittsburgh on Friday and ended up with a no-decision. The Padres are 9-31 (.290) against him. Hedges is 1-2 with a HR.

The rookie Diaz gave up 4 ER in 3.1 innings but had a no-decision in Milwaukee on Friday, his second start in 23 appearances. None of the Cubs have faced him.

Solarte is heading to the DL after straining his oblique in an at-bat yesterday.

At the start of play, the Cubs are half-a-game out of those silly Brewers. We have 10 games remaining with…