In the meantime, Chicago — which entered Friday at 60-42 and a game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central — is inching closer to having some injured pitchers return. On Friday before a game against the White Sox at Rate Field,

Starting pitcher Jameson Taillon threw 47 pitches during a bullpen session Friday at Wrigley Field, per the Cubs. He was placed on the 15-day injured list on July 4 with a right calf strain. Prior to his injury, Taillon had a 4.44 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP across 95.1 innings, including 10 quality starts.

Cubs right-hander Ben Brown had been happy with his changeup all game, but as the fifth inning continued to spin out of his control against the Royals, and with speedy Bobby Witt

As expected, Chicago Cubs pitcher Ben Brown has been recalled from Triple-A Iowa ahead of the series opener against the Kansas City Royals.

Clippers starter Doug Nikhazy (5-6) allowed four run son five hits in 4⅔ innings. He struck out two and walked three.

The Cubs are suddenly in a battle for the division and the team is hoping a previously demoted starter can improve the rotation.

The Chicago Cubs made a pair of roster moves prior to Saturday’s game against the New York Yankees, recalling pitcher Brooks Kriske from Triple-A Iowa.

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The Cubs may have a soft schedule on paper the rest of the way, but there was nothing squishy about the Kansas City bats on Monday. The Royals blasted 4 home runs on 14 total hits and rolled past the

Ben Brown’s inconsistency the last two months suggested it was a matter of when, not if, the Chicago Cubs would send the right-hander to the minors to get on track.