Kyle Tucker is back in the lineup for Thursday’s finale with the Brewers after sitting out the Cubs’ three wins in the series. He played in the opener, going 0-for-4 with three weak grounders to the right side and looking very much like a man in need of a break. Now that he’s had a couple of days off to take a small step back and reset both mentally and physically, the Cubs are hoping he can correct some of what got sideways following the hand fracture he suffered at the start of June.
There was a mild uproar in the wake of the report that Tucker’s hand injury was worse than previously disclosed, especially when it came out that he’d declined an IL stint.