For the second straight day, a Cubs player was removed early.
Shortstop Addison Russell departed after colliding with third baseman Javier Baez during the sixth inning. Russell’s left hand and middle-finger, the same one that had been bothering him, was stepped on during the play. Russell and Baez were both going for an Eduardo Escobar pop-up down the third-base line when the two ran into each other.
Manager Joe Maddon said “he would think” it would be possible for Russell to play Tuesday against Detroit but wasn’t sure.
David Bote took over at third.
Russell had an RBI single in the fourth for the Cubs.
