The MLB World Tour continues in late June, as the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are set to play in the London Series. The two-game series, which will take place June 24 and June 25, is set to be played at London Stadium, where West Ham United normally plays.
The series will mark the first time since 2019 that MLB has played a game in Europe. The 2019 series featured the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. The first game of that series turned out to be memorable, as a combined 30 runs were scoredThe Cardinals and Cubs were originally slated to take part in the London Series in 2020, but the series was canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Cardinals will host the Cubs in London. Both teams have experience playing games internationally. The Cubs traveled to Tokyo, Japan to play the New York Mets, and took on the Montreal Expos in San Juan, Puerto Rico during the 2003 season. The Cardinals played against the Cincinnati Reds in Monterrey, Mexico in 2019.The Cubs will send Justin Steele to the mound to take on Adam Wainwright on Saturday. Steele is in the midst of his finest season as a pro, and has a 2.71 ERA over 73 innings.
On Sunday, Marcus Stroman will get the start against Jack Flaherty. Stroman is putting up All-Star numbers for the Cubs, and has a 2.28 ERA over 98 2/3 innings. Flaherty carries a 4.95 ERA into the contest. He's thrown 80 innings.During a 2019 series between the Red Sox and Yankees, a grand total of 50 runs were scored over two games. The Yankees took the first game, 17-13, and won the second game, 12-8.for the Cardinals-Cubs series.
That might cut down on some offense, but the park should still play pretty small compared to most MLB stadiums.The June 24 contest will be televised by Fox and is scheduled to start at 1:10 p.m. ET.Are there more MLB World Tour games in 2023? No additional MLB World Tour games are set to take place in 2023. The league is expected to return to London in
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