As the Cubs figure out the innings puzzle for the last five weeks of the regular season, right-hander Javier Assad is expected to play an important role. But the team optioned him Saturday to Triple-A Iowa after his best start of the season and recalled left-hander Jordan Wicks.

Well, the West Coast trip has been good to Tucker, because not only did he break his longstanding home run drought with a solo shot in the first inning of Game 1, but he followed that up by hitting two longballs during Chicago's route of Los Angeles on Saturday night.