The Cubs' Kyle Tucker rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during Tuesday’s win over the Atlanta Braves. AP

After Pete Crow-Armstrong made two difficult, sliding catches in center field Monday, it was easy to think he's too valuable defensively to remove from the lineup.

But manager Craig Counsell was determined to give PCA a day off and made the move Tuesday against Atlanta.

“If you think like that, then you'd never get Pete a day off,” Counsell said before the game.

The Cubs survived with Kevin Alcantara starting in center field, thanks mostly to a 3-run, opposite field home run by Kyle Tucker in the third inning, which provided most of the offense in a 4-3 win at Wrigley Field.

But the Cubs lost Tucker later in the game with left calf tightness. Willi Castro took ov

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