CHICAGO -- The bottom line is that Kyle Tucker wanted to keep playing. As the Cubs star stood in front of his locker on Thursday morning, that was how he explained the decision to keep pushing through a hand injury that flared back in June.

Tucker was back in the lineup for Thursday’s game against the Brewers, following two days off amid a persistent slump that has stretched over the past several weeks. It was revealed on Wednesday night that the outfielder sustained a hairline fracture in his right hand in June, but he never felt a trip to the injured list was necessary.

“I was doing fine and everything, still playing well,” Tucker said. “So, I was just like, ‘I’m going to keep playing.’ There wasn’t really a need to go on an IL, because I could still do everything. It was more like

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