Saturday went quite well. In the Cubs’ 12-1 win against the Angels, he recorded his first multi-homer game as a Cub and the eighth of his career. Sports Newsletter All of the Chicago sports stories making news as they break, plus headlines every morning.

Kyle Tucker finally broke through. The Chicago Cubs outfielder ended his month-long power outage on Friday night with a Statcast-projected 405-foot home run in the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels. The solo shot to right field not only put the Cubs ahead early but also marked Tucker’s first extra-base hit since July 30 in Milwaukee.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth inning and Kyle Tucker went deep for the first time in more than a month as the Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 to open a nine-gam