Cubs came back for a 6-4 win<\/a>. The Cubs had a 3-0 lead after four innings Saturday.<\/p>\nStarting pitcher Colin Rea looked sharp for a while, giving up one run through five innings.<\/p>\n
Opposing batters were hitting .340 against Rea the third time through the order, and that went up Saturday. The Rays went 2-for-4 against him and scored two sixth-inning runs to tie the game before he exited.<\/p>\n
With the Cubs facing at least six right-handed starting pitchers in a row and Kyle Tucker still on the shelf with a calf injury, the team recalled Owen Caissie from Triple-A Iowa and sent outfielder Kevin Alcantara down. But Caissie could need some time off.<\/p>\n
He went 0-for-2 on Saturday and was replaced in the sixth inning. He made a tumbling catch in the third inning and crashed into the wall, bumping his head and causing concussion symptoms.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got gradually worse after running into the wall,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cAbout 45 minutes later, he couldn\u2019t continue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Injury report<\/p>\n
Catcher Miguel Amaya will get in some rehab work at Triple-A Iowa starting Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Amaya had been on the injured list from May 25 to Aug. 12 with a left oblique strain. He was activated on Aug. 13 and suffered a left ankle sprain after singling and landing awkwardly on the first-base bag, which sent him back to the IL.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan is for him to DH early in the week,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cHe\u2019s not 100% but we think it\u2019s important to get him in some game action. We will get him to Iowa and see where we are at the end of the week and see if we can get him in some games catching.<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting him live hitting and bats against higher-level competition is mandatory if we want to consider him. He needs game action.\u201d<\/p>\n
Outfielder\/designated hitter Seiya Suzuki, who has a 19-game on-base streak, missed his second straight game because of illness.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not doing great,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cDefinitely his status is in question for (Sunday).\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The third time could be the charm for Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros. The Chicago Cubs brought up the 21-year-old catcher…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":224898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[50270,5607,17625,960,1271,5440,1816,5604,5386,1818,67238,5441,121799],"class_list":{"0":"post-224897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-anthony-rizzo","9":"tag-brad-keller","10":"tag-carson-kelly","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-cubs","13":"tag-colin-rea","14":"tag-craig-counsell","15":"tag-ian-happ","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-illinois","18":"tag-moises-ballesteros","19":"tag-porter-hodge","20":"tag-reese-mcguire-miguel-amaya"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115199898082793687","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Cubs designated hitter Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros high-fives teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the second inning against the Rays on Sept. 13, 2025, at Wrigley Field. It was his first major-league home run. (Geoff Stellfox\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n