After losing in walk-off fashion on Monday night, the Cubs pounded the Miami Marlins 14-1 on Tuesday, continuing a great offensive run in their first 49 games.

The changeup’s kind of a new weapon for me,” Taillon said after the Cubs’ 14-1 win Tuesday against the Marlins. “I’ve rarely thrown it in two-strike counts, just in my career. And then now, to have a real weapon with two strikes, I have to be comfortable saying yes to throwing change ups in two-strike counts.”

Before the Chicago Cubs opened up a series on Monday night against the Miami Marlins, the Chicago Cubs recalled top prospect Matt Shaw after he showed signs of improvement in Triple-A Iowa. Through 24 games in Triple-A,

The runs and hits were the most allowed by the Marlins in an inning this season. The Cubs’ 21 hits for the game were a season high for a Marlins’ opponent.

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To make room for Happ, the NL Central-leading Cubs optioned catcher Moisés Ballesteros to Triple-A Iowa. Chicago also placed right-handed reliever Porter Hodge on the 15-day injured list because of a left oblique strain and recalled right-handed pitcher Ethan Roberts from Iowa.

For the second straight game, the Cubs used a massive sixth-inning outburst to turn the tide against the Marlins at loanDepot park. Their offensive eruption on Tuesday night, though, was different from the previous night’s.