Giants, Cubs announce lineups for Game 3

Jake Arrieta is a right-handed pitcher, and that means we have no alarms and no surprises for the lineup the Giants are planning to use in Game 3 of the Division Series.

Denard Span - CF

Brandon Belt - 1B

Buster Posey - C

Hunter Pence - RF

Angel Pagan - LF

Brandon Crawford - SS

Joe Panik - 2B

Conor Gillaspie - 3B

Madison Bumgarner - P

There are two changes. Angel Pagan and Brandon Crawford were flip-flopped in the batting order, as were Joe Panik and Conor Gillaspie. So if you were calling 808-KNBR to suggest those very important moves, good news. Otherwise, it’s mostly the same lineup.

The Cubs will counter with a couple of changes of their own, most notably putting Jorge Soler into the cleanup spot…