Overview

• Kyle Tucker hammered two home runs, added a double and drove in five runs in Saturday’s 12–1 win over the Angels before the Cubs completed a three-game sweep on Sunday.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong punctuated the night by shouting, “The King’s back,” as reporters entered the clubhouse.
• Tucker’s breakout followed a difficult stretch in which he was booed at Wrigley Field and sat three games in Milwaukee for a mental reset.
• Manager Craig Counsell said the time off was to clear Tucker’s head, not for mechanics or lingering pain.
• Recent reporting noted a small hairline fracture in Tucker’s right hand earlier this summer, raising questions about how the issue was handled even as his resurgence is framed as a potential turning point.