A long weekend paired with back-to-back day games leads to back-to-back bullet point posts. The usual full length writings will return shortly.
- After scoring runs against the Reds bullpen in the eighth and ninth innings on Friday afternoon, the Reds bullpen threw eight scoreless innings Friday and Saturday nights while the Reds were coming from behind to beat the Cubs twice.
- On Sunday afternoon, the Cubs scored 10 runs in five innings against the Reds bullpen.
- Mike Tauchman had the first four-hit game of his MLB career. The last time he had 3+ runs and 3+ RBI in the same game was on August 1 against the Reds.