Overview

• Manager Craig Counsell said there was "not much progress" after Kyle Tucker’s pregame running test, keeping the right fielder on the IL with an uncertain timeline and only about a dozen games left.
• Chicago beat the Pirates 4-0 at PNC Park as Jameson Taillon threw six scoreless innings and Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong homered.
• Right-hander Michael Soroka was activated from a right shoulder strain to provide multi-inning bullpen help, with Ben Brown optioned to Triple-A Iowa.
• Catcher Miguel Amaya begins a rehab assignment at Iowa as the designated hitter with the goal of catching later in the week, a schedule tightened by Iowa’s season ending Sunday.
• Closer Daniel Palencia is slated for a full bullpen session Wednesday after a touch-and-feel outing and could start an Iowa rehab Saturday if he responds well, while Seiya Suzuki missed a fourth game due to a bronchitis-like illness.