Kyle Tucker blasts first Wrigley Field homer as Chicago Cubs player
King Tuck loudly announced his Windy City arrival Sunday, in just his third home game.
Despite the cold temperatures and inhospitable home run conditions at Wrigley Field in early April, Kyle Tucker teed off for his first at the Friendly Confines — a monstrous two-run shot in the second inning against the San Diego Padres.
Tucker’s fifth homer of the season came off Padres reliever Logan Gillespie, as he turned on a 95-mph fastball on an 0-2 count and deposited it into the second row of the right field bleachers, giving the Cubs a 7-3 lead.
It continued Tucker’s hot start to his Cubs career, as he also had a four-game homer streak earlier in the season.
Tucker is the eighth Cub since at least 1901 to mash five homers in their first 12 games with the team and the first to do it since Nick Castellanos in 2019.
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Tucker, 28, is in his first season with the Cubs, after becoming the premier acquisition of the Jed Hoyer era in an offseason trade from the Houston Astros. The three-time All-Star has quickly settled in with the North Siders and been a huge factor in their five-game win streak entering Sunday, as he carried a slash line of .302/.444/1.142 into the game.