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Mike Tauchman grew up in the Chicago suburbs and as a result, has sometimes been termed the “Palatine Pounder.” He rooted for the Cubs as a kid and teenager.
What a thrill, then, it must have been for him to hit his first career walkoff home run for his favorite team, for which he’s performed quite well the last two years. Tauchman’s blast gave the Cubs a sweep of this brief two-game series, a second straight 7-6 win over the White Sox.
Let’s begin at the beginning, and the beginning didn’t last long, as Sox left fielder Corey Julks hit Jameson Taillon’s first pitch out of the yard for a home run and a 1-0 Sox lead.
Taillon settled down after that… for a while, anyway.
The Cubs tied the game in the bottom of the first. Christopher Morel singled and stole second. About that steal:
Christopher Morel’s steal in the 2nd inning was not only the first stolen base against Erick Fedde this season, but the first ATTEMPT against him.
— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) June 6, 2024
Ian Happ grounded out with Morel taking third, and then Nico Hoerner beat out a fielder’s choice grounder,
As I said, Taillon had settled down, but the Sox hit him hard in the fourth inning. I’ll spare you the carnage, but six Sox singled and four runs crossed the plate before Taillon struck out Luis Robert Jr. to end the inning. The Sox led 5-1.
In the bottom of the fourth, we saw some egregiously bad umpiring with Hoerner at bat. He was called out on strikes on three straight pitches, only one of which was a strike:
