Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Wednesday 9/23, 6:40 CT

The Cubs look to even up their series against the Marlins.

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Kevin Gausman’s last five starts: Good, bad, good, bad, good.

So… let’s hope we are not in line for “bad” tonight.

The potential good news: When he faced the Marlins earlier this year as a member of the Blue Jays, May 27 in Toronto , he held them to one run over five innings, with five strikeouts. That’d work tonight, I think.

Ryan Gusto faced the Cubs Sept. 5 in Miami and they hit him hard — 10 hits and five runs in 4.2 innings, including a home run by Michael Conforto.

Since then he’s had decent outings against two good teams, the Dodgers and Diamondbacks, allowing a total of four runs in 10.1 innings over those two games.

Hopefully the Cubs can continue to hit with, uh, gusto against Gusto.

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Today’s game is on Marquee Sports Network.

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