{"id":4700,"date":"2026-04-30T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4700"},"modified":"2026-04-30T05:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:00:38","slug":"cubs-offense-backs-jameson-taillons-solid-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4700","title":{"rendered":"Cubs\u2019 offense backs Jameson Taillon&#8217;s solid start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SAN DIEGO \u2014 Jameson Taillon spent part of Wednesday morning giving an impromptu concert with guitars stashed in the visitors\u2019 clubhouse at Petco Park.<\/p>\n<p>Given how well he pitched, setting down the first 14 batters in order, surviving two solo homers, and then allowing just one more hit in seven innings of the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cubs\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Cubs<\/a>\u2019 5-4 victory over the Padres, should we expect an encore from the music man?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, there\u2019s no guitars anywhere else other than here,\u2019\u2019 Taillon said. \u201cSo we\u2019re safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re Taylor guitars, really, really nice, actually. I mean, I haven\u2019t played in like 10 years, but I used to play a bunch, and I know about 4\u00bd songs.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>His signature tune?<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-floatright=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"C-Naa1HXeDQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matchbox Twenty - 3AM (Official Video) [HD Remaster]\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-Naa1HXeDQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c3AM by Matchbox Twenty,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen up, fourteen down is generally too early to be thinking about 27 up, 27 down. Taillon was aware that no one had reached base. \u201cMore than anything, I was aware I had good stuff today and good command, good pitch mix,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs and Padres played each other in a NL wild-card series last October, the Cubs taking two out of three, with all three games played in Wrigley because the Cubs finished with a better regular season record. Taking two out of three in Petco, and finishing 3-3 in this six-game trip against the best in the West, the Dodgers and Padres, even if it\u2019s April, made for a satisfying flight home.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Brown assured the Cubs of a happy landing by inheriting a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the eighth and allowing just one run, on a sacrifice fly by Fernando Tatis Jr. Brown subsequently induced a double-play ground ball from Manny Machado, stand-in second baseman Matt Shaw turning two to end the inning.<\/p>\n<p>Home runs by Shaw, who fell a triple short of the cycle (bunt single in the fourth, double in the sixth), and Pete Crow-Armstrong, his second in two games, proved decisive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, he impacts the game no matter what,\u2019\u2019 Taillon said. \u201cEven if the bat\u2019s not there, he\u2019s making a difference running the bases and playing defense with the energy he brings, but when the bat\u2019s going, it\u2019s a game changer. He can electrify an offense.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Former Cubs pitcher and broadcaster Rick Sutcliffe said he spoke with injured pitcher Justin Steele [strained flexor] by phone Wednesday. \u201cWe talked a little, cried a little,\u2019\u2019 Sutcliffe said. \u201cHe had an injection. They\u2019ll have to wait three or four weeks for the inflammation to go down. Things were going so well. I just told him this team is built for October. Get back here by September 1 and get after it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Padres pitchers threw at least five pitches that were dangerously wild the last two games. Shaw was knocked down Tuesday and had a pitch go behind him Wednesday, Seiya Suzuki was knocked down Tuesday, and Nico Hoerner was hit by a pitch in the brim of his helmet. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen so many balls high and tight in a series, right?\u201d Shaw said. \u201cI mean, there\u2019s certain times maybe guys are doing it on purpose, but it was never like that here today. You just got to get back up and play the game.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><bsp-listcarousel class=\"PageListE\" data-module=\"\" data-column-count=\"3\" data-hide-authors=\"true\" data-hide-categories=\"true\" data-hide-dates=\"true\" data-hide-descriptions=\"true\" data-show-loadmore=\"true\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"list-c90005\" name=\"list-c90005\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"PageListE-items\">\n<div class=\"PageListE-items-item\">\n<div class=\"PagePromoB\" data-align-top=\"\">\n<div class=\"PagePromo-media\"><a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Cubs manager Craig Counsell celebrates 900th MLB victory\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cubs\/2026\/04\/29\/cubs-manager-craig-counsell-celebrates-900th-mlb-victory\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><picture data-crop=\"large-2x1-notfixed\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6472b8d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5277x3518+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F10%2F9b%2F621aff344eacaf6e2bdca2a2695f%2Fphillies-cubs-baseball.jpg 1x,https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/58679dc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5277x3518+0+0\/resize\/1680x1120!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F10%2F9b%2F621aff344eacaf6e2bdca2a2695f%2Fphillies-cubs-baseball.jpg 2x\"\/><source width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/810350b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5277x3518+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F10%2F9b%2F621aff344eacaf6e2bdca2a2695f%2Fphillies-cubs-baseball.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<\/picture>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"PagePromoB-content\">\n<p>Counsell credits former players and coaches on his career mark. After the win, he celebrated with shot of Jeppson\u2019s Mal\u00f6rt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PagePromo-byline\">\n<p>\n                    <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=\"1777519712000\" data-promo=\"true\"><br \/>\n                        <template data-date-tpl=\"\">[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]<\/template><br \/>\n                        <span data-date=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n                    <\/bsp-timestamp><span class=\"dot\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n    <span class=\"dot-divider\"\/><br \/>\n    <svg class=\"PagePromo-readingTime-icon\">\n      <use xlink:href=\"#icon-clock-reading\"\/>\n    <\/svg><br \/>\n    <span class=\"PagePromo-readingTime-text\"><br \/>\n      <bsp-time-to-read data-article-word-count=\"694\"\/> read<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"PageListE-items-item\">\n<div class=\"PagePromoB\" data-align-top=\"\">\n<div class=\"PagePromo-media\"><a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Cubs starter Justin Steele's 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Given how well he pitched, setting down the first 14 batters in order, surviving two solo homers, and then allowing just one more hit in seven innings of the Cubs\u2019 5-4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4700","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-usa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}