Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor.
Eric Lauer was feeling generous.
Unfortunately, so was Jordan Wicks. He allowed those six earned in 1u2154 innings. But the pen came in — Hayden Wesneski (3-5), Javier Assad and Jameson Taillon combined for 7u2153 scoreless innings, with Taillon earning his first MLB save.