A successful playoff run requires Crow-Armstrong and Tucker to snap out of funks. Friday could've been the start of that.

So you can imagine how happy he was — along with the rest of us — when his first home run since July 1 went into the seats in the first inning at Angel Stadium Friday evening. Pete Crow-Armstrong bookended that homer with one of his own in the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen and the Cubs defeated the Angels 3-2 in the first game of a nine-game road trip.

Saturday went quite well. In the Cubs’ 12-1 win against the Angels, he recorded his first multi-homer game as a Cub and the eighth of his career. “Squared up some balls pretty well today, and one yesterday,” said Tucker, who also hit a double in his 3-for-5 performance Saturday. “So I’m just trying to continue to move it on to tomorrow.”

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/cubs as Kyle Tucker Does It Again, Hits Two More Home Runs To Power Cubs To Huge Win.