The Cubs had themselves a nice series in Anaheim, sweeping the Angels and creeping a bit closer to the top of the NL Central.

Here’s who’s hot and not for the Cubs over the last five games. (Five, because the last edition of this series posted last Wednesday. This one covers the Angels series and the last two against the Brewers.)

Three up

Tucker sat out all but the last game of the Brewers series, then came back for that game and went 0-for-4 with a walk.

Once the Cubs got to Anaheim, though, Tucker’s bat came alive again. He homered Friday and twice on Saturday and had a hit and two walks Sunday. That’s a slash line of .313/.421/.938 (5-for-16) with a double, three home runs, seven RBI, three walks and four runs scored.

The Cubs will need this sort of production from Tucker over the

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