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Taillon's homer troubles lead to tough night on South Side
CHICAGO — Jameson Taillon returned to the mound at Rate Field in the sixth inning on Saturday night, trying to at least get a few more outs for the Cubs’ pitching staff. After his sixth pitch of the frame, the veteran starter let out a frustrated shout as Andrew Benintendi began a trip around the bases.
A source of stability in recent weeks, Taillon’s issues with allowing home runs returned for the North Siders in an 8-3 loss to the White Sox, evening up the Crosstown Series with the South Side finale looming Sunday. The big righty surrendered a career-high five blasts and has given up a Major League-leading 16 on the season.
Cubs starter Jameson Taillon tips his cap to Munetaka Murakami
Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon reacts after giving up a solo home run to the White Sox’ Colson Montgomery during the third inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Saturday, May 16, 2026.
The question was directed to Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon, still nursing the invisible psychic wounds left by a five-homer barrage from the White Sox in an 8-3 loss Saturday night at Rate Field.
Now that you’ve laid eyes on him, Taillon was asked, did he understand all the fuss surrounding Munetaka Murakami, the Japanese slugger who so far this season is outshining even the great Shohei Ohtani?
“Yeah, man,’’ he said of Murakami, who took Taillon deep twice, giving him 17 home runs for the season. “I can’t understand why 29 other teams weren’t interested, to be completely honest. Like some groupthink where people just decided they were out on him, and the whole league decided they were out.
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Jameson Taillon gave up eight runs Saturday — all scored on home runs. Daniel Bartel / Getty Images
CHICAGO — On paper, it didn’t look like a great matchup for Jameson Taillon. The veteran righty entered play Saturday having allowed the second-most home runs in baseball (11). The Chicago White Sox had hit the fourth most (59).
Then, Saturday night, the on-paper concerns translated to the field. By the end of the night, Taillon had taken the league lead in home runs given up, allowing five long balls, four to lefties, to a White Sox offense that thrives on power.
“He threw some badly missed location pitches,” Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said after his team fell 8-3 to the White Sox, with all eight runs scoring on homers. “And they put ’em in the seats.”
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