The Latest Breaking News from Dansby Swanson

The Cubs hit three third-inning home runs and broke the game open with a six-run sixth, scoring in double-digits for the third time in four games.

He hit .488 with six doubles, three triples and a home run. In a corresponding move, the Cubs optioned infielder Miles Mastrobuoni to Iowa.

Tauchman, a veteran from Palatine and Fremd High School, is hitting .308 (8-for-26) in 10 games since being called up from Triple-A Iowa.

The veteran right-hander no-hit the Rays — the best-hitting team in the majors — for six innings in a command performance that halted the Cubs’ four-game losing streak.

The Cubs are far better than the White Sox on that side of the ball, but don’t blame Luis Robert Jr. for that.

The Cubs went 2-7 in Minnesota, Houston and Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA — It’s never a good sign when a position player takes the mound. And on Friday night, in the ninth inning of a 10-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs, Phillies infielder Kody Clemens took the ball from Andrew Bellatti. It was not a quick and painless outing. Clemens was…

Right-hander Marcus Stroman had an uncharacteristically short start in the Cubs’ 16-3 loss Sunday.

Dansby Swanson contributed three extra-base hits and three RBI.