Starting pitcher Jameson Taillon delivered his best outing in a Cubs uniform with a tone-setting performance in a 2-1 win Friday against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
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A left groin strain and time on the injured list two weeks into the season spiraled into a five-start stretch that produced 21 earned runs in 17⅓ innings. Encouraging moments have been fleeting for the 31-year-old veteran, with the Cubs believing in his track record as a big-league starter with a career 3.84 ERA and 107 ERA+.“I’ve been just grinding trying to find it,” Taillon said Friday.
The Cubs’ often maddeningly inconsistent bullpen didn’t allow Taillon’s performance to go to waste. Brandon Hughes entered to register the final out of the sixth and struck out Jake Cronenworth to start the seventh. Julian Merryweather , Adbert Alzolay and Mark Leiter Jr. shut out the Padres to close the game.
Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon works against a Padres batter during the first inning on June 2, 2023.Friday’s version of Taillon can help the Cubs win a lot of games. It was a timely performance to kick off a long trip on the heels of uncertainty as to whenShortstop Dansby Swanson, whose solo home run in the fifth proved to be the decisive run, understands how Taillon’s offseason signing could weigh on him.
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