Chicago Cubs just keep winning, despite nearly a dozen injuries

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If I’m summing up the month of May for the Chicago Cubs, it has to be ‘next man up’ because this team has battled through a ton of injuries to key players to run off a 17-7 record and close in on first place in the division just days from the start of June.

The most glaring loss in recent weeks? First baseman Anthony Rizzo, who continues to battle lower back tightness, an injury that’s been an issue off-and-on for much of his Cubs career.

Rizzo last appeared in a game on May 25 but reportedly had been playing through the injury for a spell prior to then. It didn’t seem to have slowed him down, at least at the plate, though. From May 16 on, the three-time…