Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon may miss “more than a month” with a right calf strain, manager Craig Counsell said Friday after the team placed the veteran right-hander on the injured list. Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.

All along, the Chicago Cubs expected to add more pitching by the July 31 trade deadline and reinforce their first-place team for a playoff run. But now that Jameson Taillon is sidelined with a strained right calf muscle,

Matt Shaw's sacrifice fly scores the lone run as the Cubs defeat the Guardians 1-0.

Cubs rookie Matt Shaw was standing by the third-base line, illuminated by the TV camera’s light, spitting out water from the cooler his teammates had just dumped on him. He had delivered the walk-off RBI in the 10th inning of the Cubs’ 1-0 victory Thursday against the Guardians that completed a three-game sweep.

Cade Horton was fantastic for the Chicago Cubs for 7 innings and the bullpen held it down so Matt Shaw could be the hero to walk it off for the Cubs & get the sweep.