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Cubs getting creative filling in for second baseman Nico Hoerner

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CINCINNATI – Cubs infielder Michael Busch and coach Jonathan Mota walked from one spot in between first and second base to another further up the middle. They paused, talked, Mota pointed past home plate, and then they moved on to the next.

“The challenge is really going to be positioning,” Mota said before the Cubs 4-2 win Sunday against the Reds. “... The best thing that we can do with him is find something in the stadium that gives him the reference points.”

Busch played second base Sunday for the first time since joining the Cubs.