Finding productive left-handed bats seems to be the key to igniting Cubs' offense. McGrawDHSports Cubs
When the Cubs' bats were clicking in April, lefty Cody Bellinger got off to a nice start. When the Cubs found a groove in June, it began when Mike Tauchman was elevated to the leadoff spot in the batting order.
The Cubs' left-handed hitting stats are pretty rough. Edwin Rios, Miles Mastrobuoni, Matt Mervis and Tucker Barnhart are all below .200 on the season. Eric Hosmer was let go after hitting .234, while Mervis, Mastrobuoni and Rios are all currently in Triple A Iowa. Tauchman struggled in the Philadelphia series this week, but since June 10, he's scored a run in 12 of the 16 games he's played.
Morel has started at all three outfield spot, second base and DH, so maybe he'll try third base today. The Cubs got what they hoped for out of Nick Madrigal by sending him to Triple A, then giving him regular starts at third. Madrigal is hitting .340 since returning on June 9 and hit his first Cubs home run Friday.
"We're not going to slug you to death," Ross said."I don't think we're that type of team. We're going to have to get key hits, get guys on base, take our walks and get timely hits."
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