Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Tuesday 5/13, 6:40 CT

The Cubs go for the series win.

Today’s roster move: Here

Tuesday notes…

• TAKING THE FIFTH: The Cubs scored all five of their runs last night in the fifth inning. They have outscored their opponents by 25 runs in the fifth, 40-15. Their next-largest differential in an inning is 19, in the second (34-15). They are +11 in the first (26-15) and ninth (17-6). (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICO HOERNER: The Cubs second baseman turns 28 today.
• DANSBY KEEPS IT GOING: Dansby Swanson, last 18 games since April 22: .354/.417/.662 (23-for-65) with three doubles, a triple, five home runs, 12 RBI and 17 runs scored. He also has an active 13-game on-base streak.
• EVERYONE DIGS THE LONG BALL: The Cubs are currently the only MLB team with three players with 10 or more home runs (Pete Crow-Armstrong, Seiya Suzuki and Kyle Tucker). Overall they rank third in MLB with 61 home runs (Yankees, 74 and Dodgers, 64).

Here are today’s particulars.

The Cubs lineup was not available at posting time. Please check BCB social media for the Cubs lineup.

Marlins lineup:

Ben Brown, RHP vs. Valente Bellozo, RHP

Ben Brown’s last two starts have been pretty good (total 11 innings, three runs allowed, 13 strikeouts). Hopefully he can continue to build on that.

His only career appearance against the Marlins was two scoreless relief innings in the second game of a doubleheader April 20, 2024. Of the current Marlins, only Jesus Sanchez has faced him, and Brown struck him out.

More just like that, please.

Valente Bellozo made 13 starts for the Marlins last year and has made four this year and the results have been decent: 3.63 ERA, 2.1 bWAR. He’s not a strikeout pitcher, as his rate is just 15 percent.

Of his 13 starts last year, one was against the Cubs, Aug. 24 at Miami. Bellozo allowed six runs (five earned) in 4x innings, including homers by Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong.

More just like that, please.

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Here is the complete MLB.com live streaming page for today.

MLB.com Gameday

Baseball-reference.com game preview

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The 2025 Game Thread procedure will be identical to last year’s.

You’ll find the game preview posted separately on the front page two hours before game time (90 minutes for some early day games following night games).

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The First Pitch thread will post at five minutes before game time, then an overflow thread at 90 minutes after the scheduled game time.

Discuss amongst yourselves.