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WASHINGTON – For the first time all season, Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker was out of the lineup Monday.
Tucker had started all 59 of the Cubs’ games before the series opener against the Nationals. He’s served as the designated hitter in five games, his only partial breaks.
The jammed finger on his right hand, which he hurt on an awkward slide Sunday, ended that streak of consecutive games.
“It was pretty sore [Monday,]” manager Craig Counsell said of the off day. “So that was our indication that today was not going to be likely.