Kyle Schwarber was pulled early from Sunday night’s Cubs game due to a decision manager David Ross said he wanted to keep “in-house.”

Monday night, Schwarber came through with a big night, knocking 2 doubles, driving in a pair and scoring a run as the Cubs won 5-0.

He hustled out his first double in the 2nd inning and later came around to score on Javy Báez’s bunt base hit.

In the dugout during the 8th inning, the Marquee Sports Network broadcast picked up Schwarber and Ross sharing a wholesome moment where the two were hugging and laughing.

It was an indication of the mutual respect between the two and also showed Sunday’s incident was clearly in the rearview mirror.

“It was nice,” Ross said. “He’s got a ton of pride. I told him he stretched that first single into a double ’cause he had fresh legs from yesterday that I gave him off. He thought that was funny.

“We’re in a good place, man. I love that guy. He’s professional and he’s a big part of this team.”

Schwarber spoke to the media after Sunday’s game and took responsibility for his play in left field that allowed Twins outfielder Jake Cave to take an extra base. The Cubs slugger said he respected his manager’s decision and reiterated that stance Monday night.

“It felt good. Obviously yesterday wasn’t the most ideal day for me and today was a new day. It is what it is,” Schwarber said. “I spoke with Rossy and we turned the page. There’s nothing personal. I didn’t take anything personal.

“Talked to the guys, too. Talked to the team, reassured them, ‘hey, let’s not make this a thing and move on to today.’ We did a great job overall. Jonny [Lester] pitched one heck of a game, [David] Bote with a big 2-out knock, Javy with an unbelievable 2-out bunt there. Just to help out the team, it was a great day.”

After he was pulled from Sunday’s game, Schwarber said he refused to pout and felt it was important to spend the rest of the contest on the top step of the Cubs dugout rooting on his teammates.

That speaks volumes about his character, as does the ability to move past the incident so quickly and actually joke about it with Ross 24 hours later.

“Obviously David Ross is the manager, but he’s also a mentor to me,” Schwarber said. “I have a lot of respect for him. You learn. To be able to joke about it now, it’s just who we are. To turn the page and move on to the next game and be able to help out the team there was good.”

Schwarber continued to heap praise on his manager, explaining what kind of effect Ross has had on the Cubs clubhouse this season.

“I can speak for the whole team — he’s got our undivided confidence and respect,” Schwarber said. “Knowing that this guy’s a leader, this guy’s an unbelievable manager and we’re gonna do whatever he tells us to do. If the lineup changes or whatever it is, we’re gonna roll with it.

“Talk about not having the most ideal first season as a manager where you have a COVID situation, you got 60 games, you’re trying to win in a short period of time. The way that he’s handled the communication with us players — next level. We all have his back and he knows that he has all of our respect.”