Impact Suzuki will get his first true day off since May 30, yielding to Mike Tauchman in right field while Cody Bellinger fills in at DH. Suzuki is slashing .274/.347/.494 across 383 plate appearances.
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Seiya Suzuki - Getting night off Suzuki is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins.
Ian Happ - Starting Monday Happ (shoulder) is batting leadoff and playing left field Monday against the Twins.
Impact Hap was scratched from Sunday's game with shoulder soreness but the issue won't keep him out of Monday's contest. The outfielder is hitless in his last 11 at-bats.
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Justin Steele - Handles Cardinals for third win Steele (3-5) got the win over the Cardinals on Sunday, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six in 6.2 innings.
Impact Steele and the Cubs went down 2-0 in the third after Masyn Winn opened up the scoring with a two-run blast to left. That was only damage Steele would permit, and he was dominant otherwise, retiring 12 straight batters between the third and seventh innings. Steele has now given up a home run in back-to-back outings, but Sunday was his first start surpassing six innings since he did it July 11. The 28-year-old lefty owns a 3.33 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 104:29 K:BB in 108 innings and lines up for a matchup against the reeling White Sox his next time on the mound.
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Cubs take on the Twins in first of 3-game series
The Chicago Cubs start a three-game series at home against the Minnesota Twins on MondayAUGUST 5 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Miguel Amaya - Goes deep in win Amaya went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Cardinals.
Impact This was Amaya's first home run since July 13 and just his fourth of the year. The young catcher has yet to deliver a true offensive breakout at the MLB level with a career .215 average and .626 OPS across his first two seasons along with just nine total long balls. Working in Amaya's favor is a clear grip on the starting job at the moment, with light-hitting journeyman Christian Bethancourt as the only other backstop currently on the active roster.
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Mike Tauchman - Powers offense Sunday Tauchman went 2-for-4 with a double, a solo home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Cardinals.
Impact This was Tauchman's first start since Monday and first action of any kind since Thursday, when he received one at-bat off the bench. The Cubs seem to be getting youngster Pete Crow-Armstrong more run in center field due to his speed and defensive abilities. That's pushed Cody Bellinger to DH and has mostly pushed Tauchman into a reserve role. The 33-year-old's fantasy value takes a hit due to the reduction in playing time.
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Steele pitches Cubs past Cardinals 6-2 behind homers from Tauchman and Amaya
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Kevin Alcántara - Promoted to Triple-A Alcantara was promoted to Triple-A Iowa on Sunday, Tommy Birch of The Des Moines Register reports.
Impact Alcantara opened the season with Double-A Tennessee, batting .271 with nine home runs, 39 RBI, 38 runs scored and seven stolen bases over 76 games with the Smokies. Infielders Matt Shaw and James Triantos were also promoted Sunday, joining Alcantara with Triple-A Iowa.
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James Triantos - Headed to Triple-A Triantos was promoted to Triple-A Iowa on Sunday, Tommy Birch of The Des Moines Register reports.
Impact Triantos will head to Iowa after he compiled a .300 average with seven home runs, 40 RBI, 63 runs scored and 38 stolen bases over 89 games with Double-A Tennessee this season. He'll join fellow infielder Matt Shaw and outfielder Kevin Alcantara in being promoted to Triple-A.
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Cardinals place CF Michael Siani on IL, recall OF Victor Scott II
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Ian Happ - Scratched from lineup Happ was scratched from Sunday's lineup versus the Cardinals due to a sore shoulder, Bruce Levine of 670TheScore.com reports.
Impact Happ is dealing with a sore shoulder after running into the outfield wall in Saturday's loss. He can be considered day-to-day for the time being while Mike Tauchman will take over in left field and bat sixth in the series finale with St. Louis.
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Héctor Neris - Takes loss Saturday Neris (8-4) allowed one run on one hit across an inning of work to take the loss Saturday against the Cardinals.
Impact Tasked with keeping the game 4-4 in the top of the ninth inning, Neris allowed a leadoff triple to Tommy Pham followed by a sacrifice fly to quickly give St. Louis the lead. For Neris, it was just the second time he's allowed a run over his last 14 appearances, and he has a 1.35 ERA during that span. The veteran's recent strong play should keep him locked in as Chicago's regular closer despite Saturday's hiccup in a non-save situation.
AUGUST 4 • ROTOWIRE
Cubs meet the Cardinals with 2-1 series lead
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Nico Hoerner - Two hits, stolen base in loss Hoerner went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Cardinals.
Impact Hoerner singled and scored in the second inning and then singled and stole second in the fourth. The 27-year-old has been moved from leadoff to sixth in the batting order but is enjoying a modest seven-game hit streak that has included five steals. On the year, he is hitting .257 with four home runs, 34 RBI, 55 runs scored and 19 stolen bases across 448 plate appearances.
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Michael Busch - Homers again in loss Busch went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Cardinals.
Impact Busch hit a two-run homer in the first inning and singled in the fifth. He has gone just 6-for-33 in his past 10 games, but three of those hits have left the park. On the season, the first baseman is hitting .260 with 15 home runs, 43 RBI and 52 runs scored across 392 plate appearances.
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Jameson Taillon - Logs quality start in no-decision Taillon did not factor into the decision in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Cardinals, allowing one run on six hits and no walks with four strikeouts over six innings.
Impact Taillon allowed a solo home run in the first inning and then rattled off five straight scoreless frames. The 32-year-old was ultimately let down by his bullpen, but he responded from a rough outing Monday to secure his eighth quality start in his past 10 games. On the season, Taillon owns a 3.25 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 86:22 K:BB across 110.2 innings and lines up for a favorable matchup with the White Sox next week.
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