Cubs
It’s the infield’s turn to manage a spike in injuries.
Notes: Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ were out of the lineup Wednesday for the second straight game, but for different reasons.
The Cubs, who lost 7-0 Tuesday, have been shut out by the Braves in back-to-back games.
The Cubs made the trade late Monday night.
The Cubs will not have a timeline for Alzolay’s injury recovery until doctors review his imaging.
Notes: Craig Counsell logged his first ejection as Cubs manager, and Christopher Morel exited in the ninth.
For those who followed Boo Buie’s remarkable career with the Wildcats, it might be a bit surprising to see him on the NBA’s pay-no-mind list so soon after it ended — and in his own backyard, no less.
Taillon felt good throwing off the mound Saturday, but the Cubs decided to give him another couple of days to recover from a back issue.
Hendricks held the Pirates to one run through five innings.
Cubs lefty Justin Steele struggled and MLB’s top pitching prospect, Paul Skenes, made his debut in the Pirates’ 10-9 victory.
In a corresponding move, the Cubs recalled reliever Jose Cuas from Triple-A Iowa.
In this week’s Polling Place, we also asked about the White Sox and the Sky.
Right-hander Javier Assad started Friday in Pittsburgh.
Swanson had been dealing with the injury for two weeks.
Morel has made plenty of spectacular plays at third base this season, but the routine ones have stood out to president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer.
The Cubs lost 3-0 to the Padres on Wednesday.
The Cubs had only one hit against Cease, whom they drafted in the sixth round of the 2014 MLB Draft.
Imanaga limited the Padres to two runs in seven-plus innings Tuesday.
A thunderstorm heightened the drama of the final inning Tuesday.