Sorry for those of you hoping to see Owen Caissie, but Miles Mastrobuoni is back in Chicago because Mike Tauchman is going on the IL with a Grade 2 left groin strain that could take about a month to heal. Alexander Canario wasn’t an option because he left a recent I-Cubs game with an apparent injury, in case you were wondering whether this is just bad luck or the result of any number of deities hating the Cubs.
Justin Steele is on the mound and it probably doesn’t matter how well or poorly he pitches because that’s just how things are working these days.