Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox preview, Saturday 7/26, 6:10 CT

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Saturday notes...

• BACK-TO-BACK: The Cubs’ losses to the Royals on Wednesday and to the White Sox last night were the 10th time this season they have suffered back-to-back defeats. They lost three straight games only twice, May 6-9 (two at home to the Giants, then at Miami) and June 22-24 (at home to the Mariners, then two at St. Louis). Besides the pair to the Giants and Cardinals, the Cubs have lost back-to-back to the same team only three more times: against the Dodgers, to start the season in Tokyo; April 26-27 at home vs. the Phillies; and July 8-9 at Minnesota. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53)
• THE SHAW TRAIN KEEPS ROLLING: Matt Shaw has hit safely in all seven games since the All-Star break and in those games is batting .500/.500/1.000 (10-for-20) with a double, three home runs, six RBI and five runs scored.
• BULLPEN NOTE: Ryan Brasier, who threw a scoreless inning against the White Sox Friday, has a 14-game scoreless streak in which he’s thrown 14 innings, issued no walks and struck out 14.
• THIS DAY IN CUBS HISTORY: Billy Williams hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Cubs a 3-2 walkoff win over the Dodgers. It happened 56 years ago today, Saturday, July 26, 1969.

Here are today’s particulars.

Cubs lineup:

Round two against the Sox.

Watch tonight's game on the Marquee Sports Network App. pic.twitter.com/ophQ6rGgPe

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 26, 2025

White Sox lineup:

Ready for action pic.twitter.com/CbPTNjO7LI

— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 26, 2025

Cade Horton, RHP vs. Aaron Civale, RHP

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images

Cade Horton seeems this/close to breaking out as a strong MLB starter. Two of his last three starts have been really good, the other, not so much.

He’s been much worse on the road (six games, five starts, 6.35 ERA, 1.694 WHIP in 28⅓ innings) than at Wrigley Field (six starts, 2.12

ERA, 1.088 WHIP in 34 innings). Fairly small sample sizes, to be sure, but... it would be nice to see him put together a strong start away from Wrigley.

The White Sox acquired Aaron Civale from the Brewers after he complained about being demoted to the bullpen following five mediocre-to-bad starts.

The change of scenery did not help. Civale has had mostly rough outings since the deal, though he did throw six innings and allowed one unearned run to the Pirates in his last start. Oh, and the Brewers got Andrew Vaughn in that trade and he’s been rejuvenated. So... this was not a good deal for the Sox. Here’s hoping the Cubs can keep that going tonight.

No current Cub has faced Civale for more than eight at-bats.

Baseball Savant

Baseball Savant

Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network. You can find out if Marquee is available via a provider in your area here. It’s also on Chicago Sports Network with the Sox announcers, and in the local Chicago market the Sox broadcast will be simulcast over the air on WCIU-Ch. 26.

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.

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