CHICAGO -- The running joke among the Brewers' press corp is that Tony Gwynn was named NL player of the month for March and he's not even in Wednesday's lineup against the Chicago Cubs.

Blame manager Ned Yost.

Actually, blame the Cubs, who are throwing left-hander Ted Lilly this afternoon. Yost's plan coming into the season is to platoon Gabe Kapler and Gwynn, with Kapler getting the call against the left-handers. That's why the former manager of the Greenville Drive is in the lineup.

The lineups look like this for today's 1:20 p.m. start:

Milwaukee

Rickie Weeks, 2B

Gabe Kapler, CF

Prince Fielder, 1B

Ryan Braun, LF

Bill Hall, 3B

Corey Hart, RF

J.J. Hardy, SS

Jeff Suppan, P

Jason Kendall, C

Chicago

Ryan Theriot, SS

Alfonso Soriano, LF

Derrek Lee, 1B

Aramis Ramirez, 3B

Kusoke Fukudome, RF

Mark DeRosa, 2B

Geovany Soto, C

Felix Pie, CF

Ted Lilly, P